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WizzAir plots route to growth as CEO eyes £100m bonus
Asked in 2003 why he had not taken Ryanair into central and eastern Europe, Michael O’Leary, the airline’s chief executive, was emphatic.Mr O’Leary, one of the most driven and competitive of CEOs in any industry, told the Wall Street Journal: “Our model just can’t be slapped down in Central and Eastern Europe at this point.” …
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Evening Standard
Cycle-tracking femtech firm Flo Health raises $50 million to fuel hiring spree and R&D
Femtech firm Flo Health, behind one of the world’s most-used period and fertility-tracking apps, has netted $50 million (£36.2 million) in investment taking it to near-unicorn status. The London-headquartered startup said the Series B funding round, led by European tech investors Target Global and VNV Global, brings its total capital raised to $65 million and …
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Evening Standard
FTSE 100 wobbles as ECB begins to pull back emergency economic support
THE EUROPEAN Central Bank today signalled it would begin to withdraw its emergency support for the eurozone economy, the first major central bank to do so.That comes amid growing concern that the economic recovery from Covid is slowing, while inflation looks set to ratchet higher.The ECB kept interest rates at 0% but said it would …
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Facebook and Ray-Ban launch range of smart glasses called Ray-Ban Stories
Facebook and Ray-Ban have announced new smart glasses called Ray-Ban Stories are launching on Thursday in three different models, five colours, and with a range of lenses – including prescription – retailing for £299 in the UK.The glasses are launched alongside a bespoke app called Facebook View which is needed to pair with the devices …
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Euro News
Spain’s La Liga enters NFT and blockchain world with fantasy football cards for its players
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Evening Standard
End the £1 billion holiday Covid PCR tests rip-off
Holidaymakers paid out more than £1 billion for compulsory Covid tests this summer from an industry being investigated for a “laundry list” of bad practices, the Standard can reveal.The huge scale of a “travel tax” blamed for the slow recovery of Britain’s aviation industry and a devastating no-show of foreign tourists in London will intensify …
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Business Live
Refreshed plans unveiled for boutique hotel at Liverpool golf course
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Evening Standard
Lookers CEO predicts ‘exceptional’ used car market will boom for a while longer
Lookers‘ boss has said he expects the “exceptional” used car market boom to last into next year amid an ongoing chip shortage. Global semiconductor production has slowed amid supply chain and logistics issues, stymieing production and supply of new cars. UK new car sales slumped to the lowest level in more than 20 years in …
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Euro News
Ukraine becomes the latest country to legalise Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
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Business Live
John Good Group’s £77m logistics business bought out in major deal with fellow long-standing family firm
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Three mobile operators now plan return to charges for EU roaming
UK mobile operator Three has revealed plans to bring back roaming charges for new and upgrading customers when they travel in the EU, following similar moves by rivals Vodafone and EE.Roaming charges were abolished in the European Union in 2017 but the benefit was not protected in the Brexit agreement Britain signed with the bloc. …
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Graduate programme for finance industry praised for its ‘adaptability and diversity’
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