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15.07.2021 - 09:00
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Business Live
£70m of bids made for new Derby concert venue plus new Infinity Garden Village
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15.07.2021 - 08:54
Business
Evening Standard
Drug companies fined £260 million for ‘colluding to overcharge the NHS by hundreds of millions of pounds’
Drug companies ripped off the NHS by buying off potential rivals to their medicines to stop them competing, leading to scandalous price rises to the cash-strapped health service of more than 10,000%, regulators said today.The Competition and Markets Authority said it had levied fines totalling more than £260 million on firms which prevented others offering …
15.07.2021 - 08:41
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Business Live
Opening date set for Bobby’s department store in Bournemouth
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15.07.2021 - 07:53
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Sky News
Two drug companies fined £260m for swindling NHS over ‘life-saving medicines’
Two pharmaceutical companies have been fined more than £260m by the UK’s competition watchdog after the pair colluded to overcharge the NHS for almost a decade.Drugmakers Auden McKenzie and Accord UK, formerly called Actavis UK, charged the NHS excessively high prices for hydrocortisone tablets, costing the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds, according to the …
15.07.2021 - 07:13
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Sky News
Test and trace pings could shut down factories, government warned
Factories across the country are on the verge of shutting down due to isolation warnings from the test and trace app, the UK’s manufacturing union Unite has claimed.The union says it has been warned by a number of companies, particularly in the automotive sector, that swathes of staff are being advised to self-isolate by the …
15.07.2021 - 07:13
Business
Sky News
Car maker Rolls-Royce ‘approaching critical point’ over COVID alert worker absences
Car maker Rolls-Royce said it was “approaching a critical point” due to workers having to self-isolate and may have to halve production if the trend continues.The company, owned by Germany’s BMW, said it was “extremely concerned” at the number of staff at its manufacturing site in Goodwood, West Sussex, being ordered to stay at home …
15.07.2021 - 06:43
Business
Evening Standard
Pay jumps as economy re-opens for business
PAY is booming as the jobs market recovers and vacancies go above pre-pandemic levels.Figures from the ONS today show that pay was rising at 7.3% in the quarter to May, higher than economists expect.That is a sign of employers putting up wages as they try to lure staff as the economy re-opens. It could also …
15.07.2021 - 06:17
Business
Sky News
More job vacancies now than before pandemic, as unemployment rate falls slightly
There are more job vacancies now than there were before the pandemic, official figures show, as unemployment edges slowly down after a year of job losses.The number of open jobs between April to June 2021 was 77,500 above its pre-pandemic level in January to March 2020, according to the Official for National Statistics (ONS). There …
15.07.2021 - 05:43
Business
Evening Standard
FTSE 100 set to fall as UK employers suffer Covid workforce shortages
The FTSE 100 Index was set to fall further below the 7100 mark today as concerns mounted about the large numbers of workers absent from work after being “pinged” by the NHS Covid app.Some factories and other workplaces report being 20% on staff numbers due to people having to stay at home and self-isolate.Labour shortages …
14.07.2021 - 19:27
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Sky News
PM not keen on placing ‘extra taxes on hard working people’ amid calls for new salt and sugar tax
Boris Johnson has said he is not attracted to the idea of imposing an extra tax on salt and sugar which would hit “hard working people” the hardest.On Thursday, a review of the food we consume suggested a Salt and Sugar Reformulation tax could be added to food sold in shops, cafés and canteens in …
14.07.2021 - 15:19
Business
Evening Standard
Londoners planning ‘nomadic working’ summer from UK holiday destinations, new report finds
Nearly half of the London white-collar workforce could be planning a so-called “nomadic working” trip this summer, a new survey has found. Of more than 2,000 city-based British workers polled by YouGov, 19% said they are considering making the most of their employer having a remote working policy in place this summer by toiling from …
14.07.2021 - 13:28
Business
Sky News
Beckham in talks to buy out consumer products venture
David Beckham’s management company is in talks to buy out the former England captain’s consumer products licensing joint venture, a move that would give him greater control of a lucrative array of commercial endorsements.Sky News has learnt that David Beckham Ventures Limited (DBVL) is in the early stages of negotiations with Global Brands Group (GBG), …
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