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European stocks hit a 23-month peak to start the new year
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Chinese and German manufacturing sectors boosted by new orders, UK lags
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HSBC joins ranks of suitors for Tesco banking arm
HSBC has joined a host of rival high street lenders vying to snap up Tesco Bank as its owner mounts a fresh attempt to offload the business.Sky News understands that HSBC has submitted an indicative offer for Tesco Bank, which has about five million customers and employs more than 3,500 people. It was unclear on …
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Aldi and Lidl report ‘best ever’ Christmas sales
Discount supermarket chains Aldi and Lidl have said Christmas 2023 was their “best ever” in the UK.Aldi said sales were more than £1.5bn in the four weeks to 24 December. The company, which has 1,010 stores across the country, said the figure represented a rise of 8% year-on-year and was its “best ever” for the …
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UK manufacturing sector shrinks for 17th month in a row
The slump in the UK’s manufacturing industry continued last month with output, new orders and employment all falling, according to a closely-watched survey.Business optimism in the sector also slid to a 12-month low in December, amid client closures and high interest rates, S&P Global/CIPS UK found. The firms’ reported that their manufacturing purchasing managers index …
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Evening Standard
Number of independent vape shops across UK jumps again
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South West business leaders recognised in New Year’s Honours List 2024
Glastonbury festival founder Michael Eavis and Wetherspoon’s founder and chairman Tim Martin are among the famous names recognised in the new year honours list, while the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, leads those rewarded for their work on the coronation of King Charles III. The prominent South West business men were awarded knighthoods in the …
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First-time buyers fall to ‘lowest level in a decade’
The number of new first-time buyers with a mortgage fell last year to the UK’s lowest level in a decade, according to a new report.Yorkshire Building Society said around 290,000 first-time property owners entered the mortgage market in 2023 – a decline of more than a fifth on 2022’s total of 370,287. It comes after …
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Anti-tax avoidance campaign delivered, just not in court
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Sky News
Sharp increase in new vape shops
More than 230 independent vape shops opened across the UK last year, new figures have revealed.It represents a sharp increase from the 61 new stores which opened in 2022, and a net fall of 23 in 2021, according to a survey of retail areas by the Local Data Company (LDC). The rise comes amid government …
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Here’s some of the best options for starting a UK pension
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BT chief Jansen approached about WPP chairmanship
Philip Jansen, the outgoing BT Group boss, has been approached about becoming the next chairman of WPP, the FTSE-100 marketing services giant.Sky News has learnt that Mr Jansen, who is to step down from the telecoms company in the spring, is one of a number of prospective candidates to have been sounded out in recent …

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