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‘No malicious activity’ behind outage that hit Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, company says
Facebook has said there was “no malicious activity” behind a widespread outage that knocked all of its services offline for several hours yesterday.The social network – as well as Instagram and WhatsApp – were inaccessible for its 3.5 billion users because of the technical issues. Although the tech giant had previously said that a faulty …
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‘Significant reduction’ in petrol stations running dry in hard-hit London and South East
The number of petrol stations running dry in London and the South East has seen a “significant reduction”, according to daily industry data.In its latest update on the fuel crisis, the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said 15% of sites in the region – which is taking longer to return to normal than the rest of …
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Social media policeman Crisp eyes windfall from bumper sale
The backers of a social media company which helped track the torrent of racial abuse targeted at England footballers after the Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy are plotting a sale that could land them a windfall worth hundreds of millions of pounds.Sky News has learnt that shareholders in Yorkshire-based Crisp Thinking have appointed Lazard, …
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Evening Standard
Winter energy crisis warning as Opec refuses to tame oil prices
OIL prices could rocket in the next few weeks exacerbating the fuel shortage and leading to a winter energy crisis, City analysts are warning.That in turn will put intense pressure on central banks to shove up interest rates faster than they would like.Crude is already at a seven-year high, after Opec refused last night to …
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South West chamber Business West gains B Corp status
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Just 127 of 300 visas for HGV drivers to come to UK have been granted, Johnson admits
Just 127 of the 300 visas issued for international HGV drivers to come to the UK have been granted, Boris Johnson has admitted.The prime minister argued supply chain problems have been caused “very largely by the strength of the economic recovery”. He told BBC Breakfast: “What we said to the road haulage industry was ‘fine, …
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Ex-Rumbelows salesman Mark Smithson announces plans to float Marks Electrical on the AIM stock exchange
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Start-ups on FinTech Wales’ inaugural accelerator programme attract strong investor interest to scale-up
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Evening Standard
Eight Roads reveals £330m fund to boost European tech scale-ups
A new $450 million (£330 million) venture capital fund targeting the Europeantech sector was unveiled today, with up to a third of cheques likely to land with later stage UK-based start-up founders.VC fund Eight Roads, an early investor in Alibaba and backer of UK tech-enabled companies Cazoo, Made.com and Treatwell, has invested hundreds of millions …
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Hundreds of employees return to Royal Liver Building as Princes launches new hybrid working model
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Burnley FC’s US owner offers to buy up remaining fan-owned shares in Premier League club
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Marks Electrical reveals plans to list on AIM amid online shopping boom
White Goods retailer Marks Electrical today revealed plans to list on London‘s junior AIM market after benefiting from the pandemic online shopping boom. The company, launched in 1987 by founder-CEO Mark Smithson from his father‘s Leicester garage, saw revenues soar by 78% to £56 million in the year to end March. The listing, expected to …

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