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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 …
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European elections loom: What are the key policy priorities for Europe?
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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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CEO pay levels rocket – up almost 200 times on the average earner
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Why Manchester City are suing Premier League – and what it could mean for football
Since 1992 the Premier League has been funnelling previously unimagined wealth to the elite players, coaches and clubs of English football. For almost as long as it has existed, however, those running the league have battled to maintain the commercial and competitive balance on which its success is based. Competition is its essence, predictability a deadly …
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Evening Standard
Alzheimer’s Society ads cleared following 235 complaints
Adverts for the Alzheimer’s Society which detailed a woman’s death “again and again and again” have been cleared following 235 complaints that they were irresponsible and caused “unjustifiable distress”.The three television ads and a radio ad, broadcast in March and April, featured a man talking at his mother’s wake, saying: “Mum first died on the …
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Evening Standard
Sales of new electric cars outperform market
Sales of pure battery electric new cars outperformed the market last month, new figures show.Some 26,031 of the vehicles were registered in May, up 6.2% from the same month last year, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.That is compared with a 1.7% year-on-year increase for all types of new cars.Uptake of new …
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Post Office executive was warned of Horizon ‘real risk’ – but did not flag concerns
A former senior executive at the Post Office was told by auditors the Horizon IT system was “a real risk”, four years before sub-postmaster prosecutions stopped. Post Office’s auditors Ernst and Young (now called EY) warned Alice Perkins, the company chair in 2011, that the accountancy software “is a real risk” and asked, “does it …
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Euro News
Europe’s luxury stocks set for growth challenges in 2024
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Evening Standard
UK service sector growth eases as inflation pressures drop to three-year-low
Growth in the UK’s services sector slowed last month as inflation in the sector dropped to its lowest for three years, according to new data.The S&P Global UK services PMI survey scored 52.9 in May, down from 55.0 in April.The reading was in line with predictions by economists but represents the slowest rate of expansion …
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The Royal Mint expanding in the US with commemorative coin deal
The Royal Mint has struck a deal to expand its commemorative coin business into the US, in a move it says will bring in an extra £100m over the next three years. The company, which is owned by the Treasury, will send coins made in the UK to the Rare Coin Company of America (RARCOA), …
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Evening Standard
Boxpark to come to Camden as it takes over Buck Street Market and plans ‘comprehensive renovation’
A new Boxpark location is coming to Camden, as the “pop-up malls” operator has taken over shipping container complex Buck Street Market, with plans for a “comprehensive renovation” of the site.Bxpark agreed a deal with TfL’s property arm Places for London to manage the 12,000 square foot site, which attracts 30 million visitors a year. …

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