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Ministers apply finishing touches to ‘Tell Sid’-style NatWest offer
Ordinary investors will be awarded ‘bonus’ shares in NatWest Group if they hold onto stock they acquire in the taxpayer-backed bank, under a plan expected to be finalised by ministers later this month.Sky News has learnt key details of the options being explored by the Treasury for a multibillion pound retail offer of NatWest shares, including …
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How the rug got pulled out from under Iran’s traditional carpet weavers
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Fuel prices up 10p per litre since start of year
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Thousands of London cab drivers set to sue Uber for £250 million
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Welsh universities might have to merge if they want to survive
As this column pointed out a few weeks ago, there has been increasing attention on the financial position facing UK universities, largely due to the growing dependence on international student income and recent changes to visa regulations that have significantly affected this market. However, the situation appears to be worsening, with 57 UK universities announcing …
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Gazprom sees worst loss in decades as European exports falter
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Crédit Agricole announces earnings jump while rival’s profits plummet
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Post Office lawyer accused of telling ‘big fat lie’ to Horizon inquiry
A former top Post Office lawyer has been accused of telling the Horizon IT inquiry a “big fat lie” over his knowledge of a bug in the system that could have stopped wrongful prosecutions of sub-postmasters in their tracks.Jarnail Singh was a senior in-house lawyer and subsequently head of criminal law at the Post Office …
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British Business Bank’s £130m Wales Investment Bank in second large debt deal
Swansea- based renewable energy provider, Economy Energy Group, has become the second firm to secure backing from the large debt element of the British Business Bank’s £130m Wales Investment Fund. The large debt element, with a remit to provide loans ranging from £100,000 to £2m, is managed on behalf of the British Business Bank, the …
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TGI Fridays operator Hostmore narrows losses after cost-cutting
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Worry for economy as public sector productivity falls further
Official figures have raised fears of a deepening public sector drag on the UK’s economic recovery from recession.Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that productivity in the public sector, dominated by education and healthcare, deteriorated between the third and fourth quarters of 2023. It measured a 1.0% decline over the period, leaving …
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HSBC investors back removing bonus cap for UK staff
HSBC is set to become the latest major international bank to remove the European Union-imposed bonus cap that had applied to its UK-based workers.The London headquartered lender’s shareholders voted in favour of scrapping the limit at its Annual General Meeting, the company said. The move was recommended by the board after the UK government ditched …

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