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Work starts on new speculative warehouse in Tamworth
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Crippling HGV driver shortages ‘greatest challenges of a generation’
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Evening Standard
Fuller’s CEO Simon Emeny eyes post-July 19 rebound after 2020 loss
London pub group Fuller’s is eyeing a post- July 19 rebound, and chief executive Simon Emeny is convinced current signs suggest the capital will bounce back in earnest from the pandemic.  Covid has hit the historic west London based pub chain hard. The company has 209 directly managed pubs, 175 tenanted inns and just over …
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Sky News
Business leaders encourage employers to show flexibility for football fans on Monday
Business leaders say employers should be willing to be flexible on working hours on Monday, to enable football fans to celebrate England’s Euro 2020 victory… or recover from defeat.England faces Italy in the tournament on Sunday night in their biggest game for men’s football since the 1966 World Cup final. The match will be over …
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Co-op, Lidl, and Tesco Express adjust opening times to allow workers to enjoy Euro 2020 final
Co-op, Lidl, and Tesco Express have said they will adjust their opening hours in England so that workers can enjoy Euro 2020 victory… or recover from defeat.England face Italy in the tournament on Sunday night in their biggest game for the men’s side since the 1966 World Cup final. England’s 1,600 Tesco Express stores will …
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Sky News
The pinging of the NHS app may be a bell tolling for economic recovery
There was a time, in the wake of the first wave of COVID-19, that politicians and economists yearned for a V-shaped recovery – an immediate bounce-back from the financial devastation of lockdowns.The second wave put paid to that, and as we tiptoe out of the most recent restrictions, the line drawn by GDP is starting …
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Sky News
Philip Morris makes a move on British pharma firm in bid to expand ‘beyond tobacco and nicotine’
Cigarette maker Philip Morris International says it will buy Vectura Group as part of an expansion beyond tobacco and nicotine.The deal values Vectura at £1.05bn and its shareholders will get 150p per share in cash, the British pharmaceutical company said in a joint statement with Philip Morris (PMI). Vectura had agreed to a £958m deal …
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Evening Standard
Pubs and restaurants boost economy, but GDP recovery is slowing
THE UK economy grew in May for the fourth month running, but at a much slower rate than earlier in the year.A return of indoor drinking and dining boosted the hospitality sector, with GDP up 0.8% in May. That was much lower than in March and April, when growth was above 2%.Yael Selfin, Chief Economist at …
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Evening Standard
FTSE 100 set for slight bounce after heavy falls but Bitcoin remains in the doldrums
The FTSE 100 Index was set to make a partial recovery from yesterday’s heavy falls but Bitcoin was showing no signs of any rally.Share prices and crypto currency valuations fell heavily on Thursday, the former due to increasing nervousness about the Covid pandemic worldwide.Investors are concerned the Delta variant is spreading wildly in many parts …
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Sky News
GDP growth in May falls short of expectations despite easing of COVID restrictions
The economy grew by 0.8% in May – a figure that fell well short of economists’ expectations and is 3.1% below its pre-pandemic peak.The figure was just over half of the 1.5% growth forecast by economists and it was also lower than the 2% growth seen in April, when restrictions eased for non-essential retailers, hairdressers, …
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Business Weekly
£312m-plus haul for F-star from AstraZeneca cancer deal
In an all-Cambridge deal, F-star Therapeutics has lined up a huge payback from a licensing agreement with AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca will receive global rights to research, develop and commercialise next generation Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) inhibitor compounds from F-star. F-star is now eligible to receive upfront and near-term payments of up to $12 million. It …
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Sky News
Competition watchdog chief Coscelli to step down next year
The chief executive of the competition watchdog is preparing to step down next year, creating a further vacancy at the helm of one of Britain’s most powerful economic regulators.Sky News has learnt that Andrea Coscelli has informed colleagues that he does not intend to seek a further term at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), …

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