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Euro 2021 and Wimbledon: Biggest sporting weekend of pandemic looks like ‘a cracker’ for pubs and takeaways
Pubs, supermarkets and takeaways are gearing up for the biggest sporting weekend since the start of the pandemic with England facing Ukraine in the quarter finals of the Euros and British players still in the Wimbledon singles draws.More than 20 million Three Lions fans are expected to be glued to TV screens either at home …
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Euro News
UK: Nissan unveils plans for battery gigafactory and new electric car
Japanese carmaker Nissan has announced plans to build a new electric vehicle and the UK’s first car-battery “gigafactory”, next to its existing site at Sunderland in northeast England.Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the post-Brexit investment, worth £1 billion (€1.16 billion euros) and expected to create 6,200 jobs, as “a major vote of confidence in the …
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Group acquires business park as it becomes first to run fleet on vegetable oil
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British Steel launches weathering steel with 120-year lifespan for construction
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Bristol scientists work on virus tech to help firms ‘bounce back’
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When it comes to GlaxoSmithKline, Elliot is all talk, no substance
OK, I get it. Activist investors need to make a noise when they launch their assaults on companies and their boards.It’s all part of the marketing and PR they have to do to spread the word among their investors. It says: look at us – taking no prisoners in our hunt for profits.But you have …
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Evening Standard
PZ Cussons returns to sales growth as beauty sales see strong bounce back
Carex and St Tropez owner PZ Cussons has returned to revenue growth for the first time in seven years as boss Jonathan Myers pursues a long-term turnaround strategy. The consumer goods group said in a trading update that annual revenues were up 7% and bosses expect profits for the year to June to come in …
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Don’t fret on inflation, Bank of England governor insists
BANK of England governor Andrew Bailey is sticking to his guns on inflation, insisting it is under control as critics snipe.Those critics lately include his own (departing) chief economist Andy Haldane who warned yesterday that inflation is rising fast and could reach 4% this year. That is double the Bank’s 2% target and above the …
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Evening Standard
Activist Elliott delivers bombshell attack on GlaxoSmithKline bosses
Activist investor Elliott today launched its long-awaited bombshell gameplan for how GlaxoSmithKline should be revived and heavily hinted that boss Emma Walmsley should quit, repeatedly citing management’s “lack of credibility”.Walmsley is planning to split GSK’s consumer business from its pharmaceuticals and vaccines arm, with her running the latter as chief executive. While the plan has …
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Sky News
Rishi Sunak says financial services deal with EU ‘has not happened’
Britain’s attempt to reach a post-Brexit financial services deal with the EU “has not happened”, Rishi Sunak has told the City.The sector was not covered in the UK’s last-minute free trade agreement when the Brexit transition period ended in December and the government has since been seeking an “equivalence” arrangement with the bloc. But in …
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Primark sets sales records as shoppers snap up blazers and ditch lockdown leisurewear
Primark’s owner has said the fashion retailer set sales records after stores reopened and shoppers started to “step out of lockdown leisurewear”.The brand – which does not sell online – enjoyed a 3% like-for-like increase on pre-pandemic revenues for the weeks since the reopening, helped by popular items such as blazers. Shoppers were pictured queuing …
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Business Weekly
VividQ takes holographic tech global with £11m raise
VividQ has closed a super-seed extension round of £11 million to fast-track its computer generated holography to global markets. Its technology is already used in the development of next-generation digital displays and devices by manufacturers in the US, China and Japan. To date, VividQ has secured over £17m in funding. The latest investment was led …

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