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Contactless limit increasing to £100 in October – despite fears that thefts could rise
The spending limit for contactless payments will increase to £100 from 15 October, the government has said.Currently, contactless spending is capped at £45, allowing shoppers to pay by tapping their card and without entering a PIN. The decision to raise the limit was made by the Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority following a public …
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Apple boss Tim Cook lands $750m share windfall as pandemic fires up tech fortunes
APPLE boss Tim Cook has landed a $750 million (£500 million) share windfall, the latest evidence that the wealth of the very richest American CEOs has boomed during the pandemic.The share award is part of a deal agreed last year that keeps him at the iPhone giant until 2026 and follows a 1200% rise in …
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Government ‘floating’ idea of allowing more EU HGV drivers to work here again, in bid to tackle mass shortages
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Apple boss Tim Cook lands $750m after share price boom
APPLE boss Tim Cook has landed a $750 million (£500 million) share windfall, the latest evidence that the wealth of the very richest American CEOs has boomed during the pandemic.The share award is part of a deal agreed last year that keeps him at the iPhone giant until 2026 and follows a 1200% rise in …
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The comical billions landed by the tech bosses during Covid
In some ways, the extraordinary billions lately accrued by American tech bosses are just a curiosity.Something for the rest of us to gawp at, while we analyse share price charts and regret not taking the advice from that bloke in the pub 10 years ago to pile into the stocks.The amounts of money involved are …
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Cornish Hobbit House inn sells for £600k
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Welsh Government funding to support ‘everyday economy’ in Wales
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Newcastle Building Society warns on Covid’s long impact despite strong results
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St Austell Brewery partners with Plymouth Argyle and Marine Conservation Society
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Tim Cook paid $750m bonus after presiding over soaring Apple share price
Tim Cook, the boss of Apple, has been paid a bonus of more than $750m (£547m) after spending 10 years at the technology giant.The chief executive of the world’s most valuable public company was awarded five million shares for presiding over a massive 191.83% rise in Apple’s share price in the last three years, according …
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Apple relaxes App Store rules to settle lawsuit ahead of Fortnite ruling
Apple has relaxed rules about its App Store to settle a lawsuit brought by developers in the US ahead of a ruling in a separate case brought against the company by the makers of Fortnite.In a first for the iPhone maker, Apple will permit app developers to inform users about using payment methods outside of …
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Labour shortages blamed for surplus 70,000 pigs on farms
Labour shortages at meat processing plants have resulted in a surplus of 70,000 pigs on farms, the industry’s trade body has warned.The surplus is growing by 15,000 a week and farmers are weeks away from having to destroy perfectly healthy pigs, according to Zoe Davies, chief executive of the National Pig Association. It is blamed …

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