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Ryanair offers discount winter tickets as it considers delisting from London
Ryanair has revealed its board is considering delisting from the London Stock Exchange after seeing trading in its shares on the LSE hit post-Brexit. Europe’s largest budget airline said trading on the LSE has “reduced materially” as a percentage of its overall shares activity during 2021. Bosses said this migration away from London “is consistent …
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Culture Secretary: Government and public must back our world-renowned news industry
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries writes in support of the news industry’s annual Journalism Matters campaign Journalism matters. That’s the theme of this week’s national campaign to celebrate the role a free press plays in British society, and it’s a powerful statement of fact. But why? It’s not just so we can have something entertaining to …
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South West businesses plan recruitment even as confidence in economy falters
South West businesses remain upbeat about their own prospects and are looking to employ more people but still have concerns about the national economy, a new report reveals. The Lloyds Bank’s Business Barometer for October 2021 shows business confidence in the South West remained at a three-year high and hiring intentions increased by eight points …
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ProCook sets IPO price range of up to £200m ahead of planned float on London Stock Exchange
Kitchenware brand ProCook has set a price range for its planned initial public offering (IPO) which gives the company an estimated market capitalisation of between £150m and £200m. The Gloucestershire-based company announced in October it was preparing a listing on the London stock market after its revenue grew to more than £50m this year. After …
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Landmark Manchester city centre offices sold to Bruntwood Group in multi-million pound deal
A landmark office building in Manchester city centre has been acquired by commercial property giant Bruntwood Group in a multi-million pound deal. The grade II-listed Pall Mall Court has been bought from the Ardstone Regional Office Fund, a joint venture fund between Ardstone Capital and CBRE IM. Constructed in the 1960s, the King Street building …
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Jes Staley: It’s a shame but his name is now forever linked to Jeffrey Epstein
What has the FCA got on Jes Staley in relation to Jeffrey Epstein?Giving the appalling context – Epstein, Ghislain Maxwell, Prince Andrew and much else – the answer is probably “not much”.The most likely conclusion to come from the watchdog’s impending report is that Staley mis-characterised his relationship with the financier and convicted sex offender.That …
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‘Targeted unjustly’ says hotelier as Welsh hospitality reacts to threat of Covid pass extension
Welsh hospitality is being “targeted unjustly” says a hotelier as the sector reacts to the threat of Wales’s Covid pass being extended to pubs, restaurants and cafes. The country has seen a spike in the case rate since the start of the summer – prompting Welsh Government to bring in Covid passes for nightclubs and …
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Jes Staley out at Barclays following probe into Jeffrey Epstein links
Barclays chief executive Jes Staley shocked the City today by revealing he will quit following an investigation into the nature of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the American financier and convicted sex offender.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been investigating Staley over this matter for two years.The bank and Staley were told on Friday evening …
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UK sets 48-hour deadline for Brexit fishing row to be resolved – as Jersey hits out at ‘bully’ France
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has set a 48-hour deadline for a fishing dispute with France to be resolved before the UK moves ahead with legal action.Speaking to Sky News at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Ms Truss hit out at the French for behaving “unfairly” and accused them of operating outside the terms …
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Barclays boss quits after links with Jeffrey Epstein investigated by regulators
Barclays has revealed that its chief executive Jes Staley has resigned following an investigation by regulators into his dealings with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.The bank said on Monday that Mr Staley – its chief executive since 2015 – had gone after being given sight of the preliminary conclusions of a probe launched last year …
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Ryanair set to sell tickets at a discount in bid to fill its planes over the winter
Ryanair has said its recovery in passenger numbers “will require continuing price stimulation” while revealing improved losses for the first half of its financial year.Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers reported losses after tax of €48m for the six months to the end of September though its numbers implied a profit of €225m over its …
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Final seven countries, including Colombia and Peru, removed from UK’s red travel list
The final seven countries on the UK’s red travel list have now been removed, ending the need for people to quarantine in a hotel. Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela were the only countries that remained on the red list – but as of 4am they were taken off it. This means …

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