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Investing in the stock market is not like playing Call of Duty
Two snapshots of how the financial services sector is doing today – and two very different outlooks.City broker Peel Hunt reports profits down 99% (ninety-nine per cent, the vidiprinter doing the football scores might have felt the need to clarify).That’s a function of nerves in the Square Mile and among corporate clients. No one wants …
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Ford to invest £125m at Halewood factory and secure 500 jobs in massive new electric vehicle push
Automotive giant Ford has revealed plans to invest a further £125m at its Halewood factory in a move that will secure 500 jobs. The company said the site is “integral” to its European electrification plans which will see it only sell zero-emission cars from 2030 and all vehicles by 2035. The extra funding will be …
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The best tourist attractions – according to the 2022 Leicestershire Promotions Tourism and Hospitality Awards
The best tourist attractions in Leicestershire have been singled out at the 2022 Leicestershire Promotions Tourism and Hospitality Awards. The event celebrated the businesses, organisations, people and attractions which have done the most to put the city and county on the national and international map. Winners included hotels, restaurants, museums, bars and tourist trails as …
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AJ Bell boss warns on ‘gamification’ of share trading
The boss of AJ Bell today hit out at the new breed of share platforms that the City regulator warns are encouraging rapid-fire trading from inexperienced investors.On Monday the Financial Conduct Authority said some of the new breed of share app are giving customers “in-app points, badges and celebratory messages” for making trades, turning investing …
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Banker bonuses in doubt as profits sink 99% at Peel Hunt
PROFITS at Peel Hunt crashed 99.7% in the half-year, a brutal sign of how tough life has been for City brokers lately.With the market for flotations basically halted and clients sitting on their hands while they prepare for a likely recession, brokers and fund managers have found conditions difficult.The plunge in profits from £29.5 million …
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Oxford Medical Simulation partners with the Big 10 Practice-Ready Nursing Initiative as part of $1.3 Million virtual reality project.
The Big 10 Practice-Ready Nursing Initiative – a partnership between the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, University of Michigan School of Nursing and Purdue University School of Nursing – has chosen Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS) as their partner for an immersive, clinical preceptorship focused on the care of multiple patients in virtual reality (VR). …
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Start date for new 2,000 home village in Swansea
Work will start next spring on a new community for Swansea that could eventually see nearly 2,000 new homes built. Family-owned and run developer Llanmoor Homes, based in Pontyclun, has secured reserved matters approval for the first phase of its Pentref Rhostir (Moorland Village) development on what was low grade agricultural land at Llangyfelach close …
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Which supermarket is cheapest to buy your Christmas dinner?
Asda is the cheapest of the large supermarkets to do a full Christmas dinner shop, new analysis has found. The consumer elves at Which? looked at how much ten popular festive foods cost at five of the biggest UK supermarkets – Asda, Tesco, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons. They looked at the price of a frozen …
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Hotel Chocolat sinks into the red over botched Japan expansion
Hotel Chocolat posted a full-year loss of £9.4 million this morning after its botched international expansion plans led to tens of millions of pounds being written off, while the Chairman and CFO have said they’ll be quitting in the new year.The Hertfordshire-based chocolate maker was forced to write off almost £30 million after its Japanese …
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Elon Musk ‘resolves misunderstanding’ with Apple
Elon Musk has said he and Apple have “resolved the misunderstanding” after the billionaire claimed the firm was threatening to remove Twitter from its App Store.Mr Musk had accused Apple of cutting most of its advertising with the platform and claimed the iPhone maker was threatening to remove the Twitter app from the App Store …
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Joules secures Next rescue with most stores and jobs saved
Collapsed fashion retailer Joules will live on after Next agreed a £34m cash rescue deal that preserves most of its stores and jobs.Under the deal Next will pick up 100 of its 132 stores and only 133 of 1,600 staff will lose their jobs. Nineteen shops are to immediately close in:CarmarthenCheltenhamChichesterEdinburghExeterGatesheadLyme RegisNewburyNorthcote Road, south LondonOxfordPeak …
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Unions could coordinate strikes across NHS for ‘maximum impact’
Union leaders could coordinate industrial action across the NHS this winter to cause “maximum impact”, the head of the GMB has suggested. Andy Prendergast, the GMB national secretary, said health workers have had enough of “public school boys who run the government and simply don’t care” about their pay demands. More than 10,000 ambulance workers …

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