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Ralph & Russo collapse draws scrutiny of pensions watchdog
Pension watchdogs are scrutinising the collapse of Ralph & Russo, the upmarket British-based fashion brand which is now at the centre of a legal fight.Sky News understands that The Pensions Regulator is examining the treatment of the company’s retirement scheme in the period before administrators were called in in March. The status of the regulator’s …
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How the UK post office is trying to save cash post-pandemic
Retailers post-pandemic have been prioritising debit and credit cards but in the UK, the Post Office is trying to help save cash.With many bank branches closing and free-to-use ATMs being withdrawn, accessing cash has become more difficult.The Post Office says in communities across Britain, it’s one of the few places where people can get their …
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Business Live
TUC regional secretary Beth Farhat announces she is stepping down
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Euro 2020: Staff to get Monday off to recover from England vs Italy clash
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The North West hospitality group gifting staff mortgage deposits
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Evening Standard
Vectura’s cancer scientists will question if they want to work for Big Tobacco
BIG Tobacco’s logic goes like this. After decades of denials, we now accept smoking gives you cancer.But people still want nicotine. So we’re developing vapes and other technologies to move folks off the cancer sticks. That way, we are actually a force for good.Philip Morris calls this “a natural evolution into a broader healthcare and …
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Evening Standard
Charities blast Marlboro maker Philip Morris over £1bn bid for smoker’s lung drug company
Cancer research groups today reacted with astonishment after one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies today struck a £1 billion takeover of a UK pharmaceuticals firm specialising in inhalers for conditions including smoker’s lung.Philip Morris International, which sells billions of cigarettes a year under brands such as Marlboro, Chesterfield and L&M, lodged a bid for …
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Evening Standard
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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Evening Standard
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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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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