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Bristol-based communications agency reports ‘strong’ first quarter growth
South West communications agency reports growth in the first quarter of its financial year. B2B and corporate PR and communications specialists Ambitious PR, said it’s on track to meet its £1.65m revenue target in 2023 and has expanded its team to 25. The Bristol-based agency’s expansion in the first quarter of its financial year came …
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B&M to snap up 51 Wilko stores but unclear if jobs are to be saved
Wilko’s administrators have offloaded 51 Wilko stores to B&M but the discount retailer is yet to confirm whether workers at the sites will be retained.Sky News had earlier reported on the expected announcement, with City editor Mark Kleinman adding that hopes were fading for a wider rescue deal that would take in the vast majority …
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Wilko store closures and 1,300 more job losses confirmed despite B&M deal
Another 1,332 redundancies at collapsed retailer Wilko have been confirmed despite a deal to snap up more than 50 of its branches.It comes after administrators PwC confirmed on Tuesday that it had offloaded 51 of the chain’s 400 stores to budget retailer B&M. But it also said 52 stores would shut down with the loss …
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Bank of England’s ‘regrettable’ mistakes fuelled inflation, its former top economist says
The Bank of England “regrettably” made mistakes that have fuelled inflation in the UK, its former chief economist has told Sky News.Andy Haldane said the Bank had printed money through its programme of quantitative easing for “longer than it needed to” as it tried to help the economy recover from COVID – and also suggested …
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Turkish Airlines orders 10 long-haul Airbus jets
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Half of Switzerland’s large companies have been the victim of a cyber attack
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Evening Standard
Wetherspoons dropping food and drink prices for one day only
Wetherspoons pubs are cutting the prices of all food and drinks for one day this week in a bid to highlight the tax burden on the hospitality industry.The chain will reduce prices by 7.5% in pubs across the UK and Ireland on Thursday.It means that, for example, a customer spending £10 on food and drinks …
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Soft drinks firm Radnor Hills acquires Highland Spring’s Swansea production site
Wales’s leading soft drinks company Radnor Hills has acquired a new production site in Swansea as part of ambitious expansion plans. The firm has bought the site in Blaen Twyni from Scottish bottled water supplier Highland Spring Group which it said will safeguard jobs. The deal also includes a 40-acre water source in the Bannau …
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Fresh dogfood provider Butternut Box has appetite for £500m valuation
Butternut Box, Europe’s largest fresh dogfood provider by revenues, has been valued at well over £500m in a funding round that will defy difficult financing markets for growth-stage companies.Sky News has learnt that Butternut Box, which launched in 2016, has raised more than £275m from investors led by General Atlantic, the private equity firm which …
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Inflation in Turkey jumps to 59%
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Stock market today: Asian shares surge after good news from US jobs market
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Why are fuel prices on the rise and will they come down?
It’s been a crazy few years for the cost of many services and essentials, with fuel prices among the bills enduring something of a roller-coaster ride.Pump prices during the COVID pandemic sank as low as £1.07 a litre for petrol and £1.11 for diesel as demand fell off a cliff due to lockdowns. As the …

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