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Rising cost of food and transport sees UK inflation rise again
The rate of inflation in the UK rose again in June, outstripping economists’ predictions and passing the Bank of England’s stated target of 2%.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the consumer prices index (CPI) measure rose by 2.5% in the 12 months leading up to June 2021, the highest rate for nearly three years, …
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Business Weekly
Everyone’s a winner for red hot chocolate specialist
Quoted Cambridge Cluster company Hotel Chocolat is gorging on success after a set of tasty results you could have picked with your eyes shut! Full year revenues of £165 million to June 27 were 21 per cent ahead year-on-year and 24 per cent up on 2019 – the last financial year before the full impact …
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Hands eyes housebuilding empire with £700m Keepmoat bid
The private equity baron Guy Hands is plotting the creation of one of Britain’s biggest private housebuilding empires by tabling a £700m takeover bid for Keepmoat Homes.Sky News has learnt that Mr Hands’ Terra Firma Capital Partners is behind one of several offers that Keepmoat’s owners have received for the business in recent days. City …
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One in five hospitality and retail workers self-isolating, MPs told
One in five workers in the hospitality and retail sectors are self-isolating as a result of COVID-19 rules, industry leaders have told MPs.The figures cited during a hearing of the Commons business select committee highlight growing concerns caused by people being alerted to stay at home after being in close contact with someone who has …
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US inflation revs up as used car prices see biggest increase on record
US inflation revved up further last month partly thanks to the biggest monthly bounce in used vehicle prices for more than 60 years.America’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 5.4% in June compared to a year ago, matching a level last seen in 2008, as the economy continued to rebound from the coronavirus crisis and …
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Encouraging start for an expected bumper earnings season on Wall Street
Monday night saw the three main US stock indices – the S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average – close at fresh all-time highs for the second successive session.For the most important and broad-based of these, the S&P 500, it was the 39th time this year it has done so. It has …
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Train and bus operators will no longer enforce mask wearing in England from 19 July
Train and bus operators will not require passengers to wear face masks on services in England from 19 July, industry bodies have confirmed.The government has left it up to transport companies to decide whether they wish to enforce the wearing of face coverings, giving them the power to turn customers away for not wearing a …
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Business Live
North West PR specialist acquired as expanded firm targets £2m year
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Devon printing firm makes £120,000 upgrade to production facility
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More work needed on ‘levelling up’ in Northern, report finds
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Elon Musk says he ‘rather hates’ being CEO of Tesla
Elon Musk has said he “rather hates” being CEO of Tesla, telling a court that he would rather focus on engineering and design issues.But, he added, he had to remain in charge of the electric car giant “or the company was going to die”. The heated remarks came as Musk took the stand on the …
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Cornwall’s Solis Marine Engineering expands into Singapore
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