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Thames Water agrees £11m compensation after customers overcharged
Thames Water has agreed to pay out £11.1m after thousands of customers were wrongly billed, regulator Ofwat said.The case relates to 13,800 non-household customers and water retailers which Thames was supplying water and sewerage services to on a wholesale basis. It centres on failures relating to the transfer of customer information, under the opening up …
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Bacteria-busting next generation infant swimwear takes pool protection up a level
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Sir James Dyson cautions UK firms over impact of homeworking
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‘We’ve got a problem with Sauvignon blanc’: Supply-chain crisis hits menus
Casino owner Rank Group and historic brewer Adnams have become the latest big names to issue warnings over distribution issues and the so-called “pingdemic”. Workers being “pinged” into self-isolation – a rule ended this week for the double jabbed – an ongoing staffing crisis and Brexit-fuelled driver shortages in the delivery sector are all hitting …
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Government orders national security investigation into £2.6bn Cobham-Ultra Electronics deal
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FTSE 100 takes a tumble as investors fret about US policy and fresh Covid outbreaks
LONDON share prices tumbled today as traders fretted about Afghanistan, a fresh spread of Covid-19 and strong words last night from the US Federal Reserve.The ultra-powerful US central bank made it clear it is getting closer to tapering support for the US economy, a sign that it is believes the worst of the crisis is …
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Parents being ‘misled’ by yoghurt packaging – with one revealed to have same sugar as 16 biscuits
Only one in 20 yoghurts aimed at children are low in sugar, researchers have said, as they urged the government to impose restrictions on kid-friendly packaging and the nutritional claims they make.Action on Sugar, based at Queen Mary University of London, found Nestle Rolo Mix-in Toffee yoghurt had the highest level of sugar, with five …
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RVA Surveyors to triple workforce as firm creates 100 new jobs
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SPONSORED: Some of the inspirational not-for-profit organisations supporting Derbyshire
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Global markets slide amid signs Fed to ‘taper’ emergency stimulus despite Delta concerns
Stock markets have fallen sharply after signs that the US Federal Reserve could start pulling away emergency support for the world’s biggest economy later this year.In London, the FTSE 100 was down by more than 170 points – or over 2% – after the publication of minutes of the Fed’s latest policy meeting on Wednesday …
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Leading cleaning products maker becomes latest company to count cost of supply shortages
A leading cleaning products maker has warned of a profits slump as it counts the cost of higher raw material costs and HGV driver shortages.UK-based McBride, which makes own-label goods from detergents to dishwasher tablets on behalf of retailers, said it was starting to see “distribution challenges” – particularly in the UK and Germany. Shares …
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Eliem Therapeutics’ NASDAQ IPO raises $92 million
Less than six months after emerging from stealth, Cambridge UK and Seattle-based BioMedTech business Eliem Therapeutics, Inc has raised $92 million through an oversubscribed NASDAQ IPO. The jet-heeled company only last month filed for an $80m New York bow so has rocketed past its target; then it has a track record in its short but …

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