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Sykes Holiday Cottages buys North Wales specialist Abersoch Quality Homes
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John Lewis is hiring again after cutting almost 4,000 jobs in just over a year
The John Lewis Partnership says it is to create 500 new jobs as it takes control of a massive distribution centre to meet an expansion in online sales.The owner of the John Lewis department store chain and Waitrose supermarkets said it had signed an agreement with Tesco to lease a one million sq ft site …
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Deliveroo shrugs off restaurant reopening to double value of orders to £3.4bn
Deliveroo says the value of orders on its platform more than doubled in the first half of its financial year despite the reopening of restaurants as coronavirus restrictions eased in its main UK market.The meal delivery company, which connects customers with more than 115,000 restaurants and grocers in the UK and 11 other countries, said …
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Evening Standard
The UK’s most affordable and most expensive places to live revealed
Buying a home in a UK city will typically set a buyer back by more than eight times average earnings, analysis has revealed.A 10.3% surge in city house prices over the past year now sees the average property costing 8.1 times average earnings, Halifax found.While the average city house price increased to £287,440, average earnings …
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Heathrow pleads for US to ease travel restrictions as passenger numbers creep up
Heathrow Airport has urged the United States to lift its restrictions on travellers from the UK while reporting an improvement in passenger numbers last month.The hub airport said it handled more than 1.5 million travellers during July – a 74% lift on the same month a year ago but still 80% down on pre-COVID-19 pandemic …
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Evening Standard
Five entrepreneurs and CEOs who didn’t do A-Levels but made it to the top
Doing well in your A-Levels can feel like everything. Parents‘ desperately hopeful faces as that envelope is opened, or that screen refreshed, will be forever seared in the memory of millions.Exams are important, but they are not the be-all and end-all. Not getting the grades you hoped for, or not doing A-Levels at all because …
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Carlyle says it will not increase ‘full and fair’ bid for UK pharmaceutical firm Vectura
The battle for British pharmaceutical firm Vectura will not go to auction, after one of the two hopefuls said at the last minute that it would not increase its bid.US private equity firm Carlyle had made the first move for the Wiltshire-based FTSE 250-listed firm, which makes inhaled medicines and devices to treat respiratory illnesses …
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Strict new travel laws in Australia mean people will need permission to leave the country
Australia has introduced stricter travel laws that mean citizens who live abroad will need permission to leave the country.Anyone hoping to leave will have to demonstrate to the border force commissioner that they have a “compelling reason for needing to leave the Australian territory”. It is part of emergency biosecurity laws to help stem the …
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German pharmaceutical firm Bayer loses appeal against court ruling its weed killer causes cancer
German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has lost an appeal against a US court ruling that its weed killer causes cancer.It’s the latest setback for the company which is facing thousands of lawsuits in the US.A San Francisco appeals court on Monday upheld a 2019 ruling in favour of a couple claiming they became ill after years …
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Radiator-maker Stelrad warms up plan for £500m flotation
Stelrad, one of the UK’s biggest radiator manufacturers, is warming up plans for a London flotation that could value it at as much as £500m.Sky News has learned that Stelrad’s owners are working with bankers at Investec on a potential initial public offering (IPO). A listing is being considered alongside a trade or private equity …
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Evening Standard
Marshall Motors reports record revenues on back of booming used car market
Marshall Motors has reported record revenues amid a second-hand car market boom that is seeing used vehicle values inflate at “unbelievable” levels.The listed dealership saw sales of £1.3 billion in the six months to July, up 49% on 2020 and 13% on 2019 despite forecourts being shuttered until April 12. The firm – which traditionally …
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Evening Standard
Marshall Motors reports record revenues on back of booming used car market
Marshall Motors has reported record revenues amid a second-hand car market boom that is seeing used vehicle values inflate at “unbelievable” levels.The listed dealership saw sales of £1.3 billion in the six months to July, up 49% on 2020 and 13% on 2019 – despite forecourts being shuttered until April 12. The firm – which …

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