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Greggs to expand quickly in central London despite inflation pressures and staff shortages
Greggs boss Roger Whiteside upped profit forecasts today, renewed his prediction that the baker will grow to 3000 stores and had a simple message for Londoners: We are coming.The fall in property costs in central London means it plans to expand rapidly in the centre of town from just 19 stores to many more.“We are …
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Greggs warns on rising prices but declares sausage rolls are ‘safe’ from shortages
Greggs has announced plans to accelerate the pace of new store openings despite admitting disruption from staff and ingredient shortages in the UK supply chain crisis.The bakery chain, which had admitted “temporary interruptions” in the supply of some ingredients just over a month ago, said on Tuesday that it was expecting cost pressures to only …
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Sky News
Chip shortage sees new car sales slump by a third in key month of September
New car sales plunged by 34.4% in September as chip shortages inflicted a major setback on what is normally a key month for the sector, according to industry data.Just 215,312 new vehicles were registered, the weakest for the month since the “two-plate” system for new cars was introduced in 1999, said the Society of Motor …
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Euro News
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp back online after global outage
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Euro News
Binance trading volumes soar despite global crypto regulatory crackdown
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Evening Standard
Rishi Sunak reaction: Business responds to the Chancellor’s Tory party conference speech
RISHI Sunak won backing from lobby groups for big business today as he set out his vision for the UK economy.But small firms say his tax rises are risk to economic recovery.At his first in-person speech to the Conservative Party conference, the Chancellor pledged he would “do whatever I can to protect people’s livelihoods and …
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WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram users report widespread outages
Facebook has apologised as tens of thousands of people report problems accessing its platforms, including Instagram and WhatsApp.Those two services and Facebook itself have all reportedly crashed, with users reporting being unable to send or receive messages, and their feeds not refreshing. Andy Stone, from Facebook’s communications department, tweeted: “We’re aware that some people are …
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Volvo motors towards $30bn IPO as loss-making years fade into rear view mirror
Even after many decades of such activity, it is still an emotive moment when a mainstay of British business – an ICI, or a Cadbury, for example – is acquired by a foreign buyer.It is the same, though, in other countries. Sweden went through a good deal of introspection when, towards the end of the …
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Business Weekly
Cranfield set to host Marshall relocation as RAF Wyton is eliminated
To no-one in the aerospace industry’s great surprise Cranfield has today emerged as the last man standing in what was initially a three-way bid to host the relocation of Marshall Airport. Marshall of Cambridge is seeking planning consent to develop a new future at Cranfield having ruled out RAF Wyton. It still has to iron …
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‘Recovery comes with a cost’: Chancellor suggests further tax rises may be needed
Rishi Sunak has suggested he may have to introduce further tax rises as the economy emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, declaring: “Our recovery comes with a cost.”Speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, the chancellor sought to emphasise that the party remains committed to fiscal responsibility, despite unprecedented government borrowing amid the coronavirus crisis. …
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‘Recovery comes with a cost’: Chancellor defends tax rises and stresses ‘need to fix public finances’
Rishi Sunak has defended tax rises and stressed the need to “fix” the nation’s finances as the economy emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, declaring: “Our recovery comes with a cost.”Speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, the chancellor sought to emphasise that the party remains committed to fiscal responsibility, despite unprecedented government borrowing amid …
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Issa brother’s petrol station giant EG Group acquires UK’s second-largest bakery business Cooplands

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