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Tesla’s Musk in China as rivals reveal new electric cars at Beijing auto show
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Why price of beer, bread and biscuits looks set to rise
The cost of bread, biscuits and beer could increase this year due to the impact of the unusually wet autumn and winter on UK harvests.Research suggests that production of wheat, oats, barley and oilseed rape could drop by four million tonnes (17.5%) compared with 2023. The wet weather has resulted in lower levels of planting, …
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Premier Inn owner Whitbread to axe 1,500 jobs as it looks to expand hotel business
Premier Inn owner Whitbread is set to axe around 1,500 UK jobs as part of plans to build more hotel rooms and slash its chain of branded restaurants by more than 200. The company said, while announcing a 36% hike in annual profits to £561m, that it was to begin a consultation on cutting roles …
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Blackstone hits high note with new Hipgnosis bid
Blackstone, the American private equity behemoth, is this weekend finalising a revised offer to buy the company which owns the music catalogues of Shakira and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.Sky News has learnt that Blackstone is preparing to lodge an improved bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF) as early as Monday. Its offer will trump …
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Digital bank Monzo expands fundraising in deal with top tech investor
Monzo, the fintech which has become one of Britain’s biggest consumer banking groups, is this weekend putting the finishing touches to an expanded fundraising involving one of the world’s best-known technology investors.Sky News has learnt that Monzo has agreed terms with Hedosophia, an early backer of Airbnb and Uber, for it to become a shareholder …
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Duncan Bannatyne hails health club chain’s recovery from pandemic
North East health club and hotel operator Bannatyne Group has seen turnover and profits rise in what it describes as a recovery from the pandemic downturn in its key sectors. The Darlington-based firm owned and run by former Dragon’s Den star Duncan Bannatyne has published accounts for 2023 in which its turnover rises from £127m …
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Jeremy Hunt ‘set to hold summit to talk up London stock market’
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Jeremy Hunt ‘set to hold summit to talk up London stock market’
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Hunt calls Dorneywood summit to boost flagging UK stock market
Jeremy Hunt is convening a summit aimed at enticing more companies to London’s stock market amid an accelerating exodus of businesses being picked off by overseas and financial predators.Sky News has learnt that the Treasury has invited the bosses of some of Britain’s most prominent private companies to attend a meeting next month at Dorneywood, …
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Shop window on London company news nears milestone as dealmaking frenzy takes hold
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Vive la simplification: France wants to cut bureaucracy for businesses
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Weightmans expands cybersecurity business into North America
Liverpool-based law firm Weightmans is expanding its cybersecurity business CyXcel with a permanent base in America. The firm said that the cybersecurity, breach management and transformation consultancy has exceeded its strategic objectives and seen rapid growth across an international client-base overseen since being launched last year. Now it will establish a North American operation with …

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