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Euros seeing ‘huge increase’ in beer sales as football fans cheer England on, Ocado reports
Football fans have been buying a beer or few to consume while cheering England on since the Euros got underway, latest data from Ocado suggests.As Gareth Southgate’s squad got prepared to meet Italy in the championship final on Sunday, the online grocery retailer revealed that its latest data shows a “huge increase” in sales of …
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Euro News
Abu Dhabi’s maritime sector strategy shifts to diversification, less reliance on oil
“No one is safe, unless everyone is safe” is the thinking behind herculean efforts to immunise the world against Covid-19.Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and a strategic hub with big growth ambitions, is at the heart of the global, vaccine supply chain.Its Hope Consortium, a public-private led initiative, brings together Abu …
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Beer, ice cream, and nappies at 2am — Zapp wants to shake up deliveries
So, you left journalism to join a startup. Why?I’ve always had a ‘portfolio career’ – long before there was a term for it. I’ve switched careers a number of times: a web developer, teaching and consulting, to founding my own startup in 2011. Most recently I spent 8.5 years as a journalist at TechCrunch, reporting …
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Sky News
Household payouts considered to offset green energy costs in bid to hit net-zero target
The government is considering paying families to help them offset the rising cost of gas bills and to incentivise a switch to green heating.The potential scheme, first reported in The Times newspaper and confirmed by Sky News, means that the amount paid would remain the same even if a homeowner reduced their gas bills by …
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Evening Standard
I could have filled our place 100 times over for Euro final, says Bar Italia boss
Italians living in London have been given an “enormous lift” by both their team and England’s success.Supporters will be coming out in large numbers for the final, with many Italian restaurants and bars saying they are fully booked. Antonio Polledri, who owns Bar Italia in Soho, said he has seen a change in his English …
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Sky News
Pfizer’s UK boss ‘comfortable’ with plan to lift COVID rules – but will continue to wear a face mask in crowded settings
The UK boss of vaccine maker Pfizer says he is “comfortable” with the planned scrapping of most COVID-19 restrictions later this month – but he will continue to wear a mask in crowded settings.Ben Osborn told Sky News that while only a comprehensive rollout of second doses would provide optimum protection from the virus, data …
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Business Weekly
Tobacco group lights up market with $1.2bn Vectura acquisition
Cambridge Science Park company Vectura has been acquired for $1.2 billion by US-Swiss tobacco business Philip Morris International. Headquartered in New York, PMI wants to broaden into a wider healthcare and wellness company.  The deal tops the £958 million bid tabled by the private equity group Carlyle in May. Vectura’s board had recommended that shareholders …
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Pioneering QuantuMDx launches Q-POC device after decade of development
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Plymouth’s Sutton Harbour Group to raise £3.5m and build waterfront flats
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Welsh Government should drop all Covid restrictions on restaurants, cafes and pubs says hospitality group
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Work starts on new speculative warehouse in Tamworth
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Crippling HGV driver shortages ‘greatest challenges of a generation’
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