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06.06.2024 - 09:43
Business
Sky News
Badenoch to meet Royal Mail bidder Kretinsky next week
Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, will next week meet the Czech tycoon who is on the verge of becoming the first foreign owner of Royal Mail in its 500-year history.Sky News has learnt that Ms Badenoch will hold talks with Daniel Kretinsky after his investment company, EP Group, struck a £3.6bn deal with the board …
06.06.2024 - 09:38
Business
Evening Standard
Construction sector grows at fastest rate for two years
The UK construction sector’s recovery gathered pace in May as it grew at the fastest rate for two years, according to new data.Building firms said momentum improved on the back of rising workloads, which drove them to take on more staff and buy more materials.The latest S&P Global construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) scored 54.7 …
06.06.2024 - 09:11
Business
Evening Standard
Less risk of Britain losing power next winter than last, says grid operator
Britain is less likely to lose power this winter than it was last year, according to the company that runs the grid.National Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) said on Thursday that it expects power plants, wind farms and other generation methods to be able to provide more than enough power to meet demand.In an early …
06.06.2024 - 08:25
Business
Evening Standard
Simply Be owner N Brown returns to profit despite weaker consumer demand
The company behind fashion brands JD Williams and Simply Be has reported weaker sales as shoppers continued to tighten their belts, but hailed a return to an annual profit.Shares in N Brown, which also owns menswear brand Jacamo, soared by nearly a fifth after it revealed it had shored up its balance sheet over the …
06.06.2024 - 06:41
Business
Sky News
Apple overtaken as world’s second most valuable company
Nvidia has overtaken Apple to become the world’s second most valuable public company. The AI microchip maker’s share price has risen to be worth more than $3trn (£2.34trn). Only Microsoft is a more valuable company listed on a stock exchange, while Apple has fallen into third place. Meteoric riseNvidia shares rose 5% on Wednesday after …
06.06.2024 - 06:30
Business
Euro News
Nvidia’s market valuation tastier than Apple’s ahead of share split
05.06.2024 - 17:25
Business
Euro News
One of Europe’s largest travel operators calls time as it files for insolvency
05.06.2024 - 16:44
Business
Sky News
McDonald’s loses Big Mac trademark case
McDonald’s has lost the EU trademark for use of the term “Big Mac” in relation to chicken sandwiches.The European Court of Justice (ECJ) upheld a complaint against the US fast food giant from Irish rival Supermac’s. In 2017 Supermac’s attempted to revoke McDonald’s use of the term Big Mac, which the company had registered in …
05.06.2024 - 16:22
Business
Euro News
Chinese security firm Nuctech sues Commission over alleging distortive state aid
05.06.2024 - 14:13
Business
Sky News
M&S director quits over poaching of Rightmove finance chief
A director of Marks & Spencer Group (M&S) is quitting the retailer’s board after being blindsided about the poaching of its new finance chief from another company he chairs.Sky News has learnt that Andrew Fisher, a long-serving M&S non-executive director, only discovered late in the recruitment process that M&S intended to hire Alison Dolan from …
05.06.2024 - 12:44
Business
Euro News
European elections loom: What are the key policy priorities for Europe?
05.06.2024 - 12:39
Business
Sky News
Carmakers seek election ‘carrot’ as discounts fail to lure electric buyers
The next government is being urged to do more to help drive the transition to electric vehicles as private sales of new pure battery models go into reverse.According to data covering May released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), there was a 2% dip in UK sales of new battery electric vehicles …
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