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Domino’s pledges to return more cash to shareholders as pizza firm reports soaring profits
Domino‘s Pizza Group revealed a £35 million raise to its share buyback program on Tuesday, on the back of soaring profits. The UK arm of the pizza giant reported sales of £752.3 million for the six months to June 27, up nearly 20% on the same period last year, during which Domino’s had already seen …
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Rolls-Royce picks British bidder for marine arm after Norwegian veto
Rolls-Royce Holdings has picked a UK government contractor as the preferred bidder for its maritime engine manufacturing arm after an earlier sale to a Russian group was vetoed by Norwegian politicians.Sky News has learnt that Rolls-Royce is racing to finalise the sale of Bergen Engines to Langley Holdings, a Nottinghamshire-based industrial conglomerate, ahead of the …
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Travis Perkins revenues soar as construction sector bounces back
Travis Perkins has reported booming sales after completing its Wickes demerger and amid a bounce back in the construction sector. The building materials group increased its full year profit guidance today on the back of seeing revenues for the six months to July up nearly 38% on the same period in 2020, to £2.3 billion. …
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Anthony Joshua-backed firm signs deal with Premier League club
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Bumper lettings on Pensnett Estate
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Office life beats Zoom and Teams for young workers, says Sunak
Young people benefit from being in the office, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said, as he highlighted its positive influence on his own early career.Mr Sunak said he doubted he would have forged the links with mentors who had helped him if he had been forced to rely on video conferencing tools such as Zoom. Since …
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Shares slump in Chinese gaming giants after state media brands them ‘electronic drugs’
Shares in China’s biggest online gaming companies slumped after state media branded their products “spiritual opium” and compared them to “electronic drugs”.The criticism – as reported by Reuters news agency – has stoked concerns that the online gaming sector will be the next to receive unwanted attention from Beijing’s regulators, following a crackdown on tech …
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Greggs to serve up 500 new jobs as profits bounce back to outstrip pre-pandemic levels
Greggs expects to create around 500 new jobs in the coming months as profits bounced back to outstrip pre-pandemic levels.The high street bakery chain, which had 2,115 shops at the start of July, plans 100 net openings this year. Striking an ambitious tone, Greggs said it had the opportunity to grow to at least 3,000 …
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Date for next travel update confirmed – as ministers scrap amber watchlist idea
There is no prospect of an amber watchlist being introduced at the latest travel review this week, Sky News understands – as a minister confirmed the next update will be on Thursday.Government sources have said Boris Johnson rejected the idea in the wake of a backlash over fears of more disruption for holidaymakers and the …
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London Tube strikes due this week are suspended to allow more talks
Strikes by drivers on London Underground (LU), due to take place this week, have been suspended to allow more talks on resolving the dispute.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union were due to stage a series of 24-hour walkouts, with the first set to begin at midday on Tuesday, in a row over …
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NHS COVID-19 app being updated to ping fewer people to isolate
Fewer contacts of people with coronavirus will be told to isolate by the NHS COVID-19 app after an update today.The “logic” which underpins how close contacts are identified and notified will be changed following a review into the NHS COVID-19 app by the health secretary, the Department for Health and Social Care says. Live COVID …

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