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10.10.2022 - 09:58
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Evening Standard
Sainsbury’s backs pregnant mothers and kids health scheme
Sainsbury’s is to top up the Government-funded NHS Healthy Start scheme by £2 in a move the supermarket said could help feed more than half a million pregnant women and children over the coming months.It will be providing a £2 coupon every week for the third time over the next six months to customers using …
10.10.2022 - 09:58
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Business Live
Welsh-speaking counties to get £11m fund to boost economic prosperity
An £11m funding package has been launched in a bid to boost economic prosperity in predominantly Welsh-speaking counties. The funding will be available over the next three years to four counties which have the highest levels of Welsh speakers: Gwynedd, Ynys Môn, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire. Under the Welsh Government’s Arfor 2 programme and as part …
10.10.2022 - 09:47
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Business Live
What are investment zones and will they boost the UK economy
Harold Wilson famously opined certainly been a very long one for all of those with an interest in our economic fortunes. Politically 22 years is a lifetime and so it was in October 2000, in the distant early days of devolution that I was involved, in a backroom role, as a special advisor to Mike …
10.10.2022 - 09:45
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Business Live
Gloucestershire designer to create mastectomy swimwear line
A Gloucestershire-based swimwear designer is set to create a special swimwear line to provide more options for women who have been through a mastectomy. Natasha Griggs, founder of Cheltenham-based Topaz Swimwear, has set about creating a bespoke line that will emulate the luxury brand’s wider range. Currently in the research stage with Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS …
10.10.2022 - 09:43
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Sky News
Competition watchdog provisionally clears the way for Morrisons’ takeover of McColl’s
The acquisition by Morrisons of McColl’s, one of Britain’s biggest convenience store chains, has edged closer to being given the go-ahead by the competition watchdog.The Competition and Markets Authority has said it is “minded to accept” proposals from the retailers. A total of 28 McColl’s stores could be offloaded as part of the proposals that …
10.10.2022 - 09:39
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Business Live
Concession retail plan for Grimsby’s former House of Fraser derailled
Plans for Grimsby’s former House of Fraser to become the venue for an emerging retail concept have been dashed. 15:17 Ltd, the operator behind a concession-led model it had previewed in the town before the pandemic hit – having launched in Scotland and Wales – is in the process of being wound up. It had …
10.10.2022 - 09:35
Business
Evening Standard
Chancellor U-turns to agree to Halloween publication of economic vision
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has bowed to pressure to bring forward the publication of his financial strategy and independent economic forecasts – to Halloween.Completing another U-turn, Mr Kwarteng agreed to set out his medium-term fiscal plan alongside Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predictions on October 31.The Chancellor had been resisting setting out the details ahead of …
10.10.2022 - 09:23
Business
Evening Standard
Women’s retailer Quiz boosts revenues but warns on consumer spend
Women’s fashion retailer Quiz has warned of “uncertain” times ahead for retail as cost of living pressures hit consumer disposable income in the run up to the key festive period.The group that has more than 60 stores in the UK delivered a 37.2% rise in revenue for the six months to September and said that …
10.10.2022 - 09:16
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Sky News
More mortgages now on offer – but interest rates continue to rise
Mortgages continued to become more expensive despite the number of products on the market gradually increasing. The average mortgage interest rate on a two-year fixed term mortgage is now 6.3%, according to data compiled by financial information company Moneyfacts. A similar rise has taken place in the average five year fixed term mortgage, which has …
10.10.2022 - 09:09
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Sky News
Chancellor brings forward his debt plan
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s debt-cutting plan will be published on 31 October – three weeks earlier than planned – alongside an independent economic forecast, the Treasury has confirmed.Both the publication of the medium-term financial plan and the forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) had been due on 23 November, but the chancellor has bowed …
10.10.2022 - 08:50
Business
Evening Standard
Hollywood Bowl defies hospitality sector woes with cheap night out
Britain’s biggest ten pin bowing Hollywood Bowl has defied hospitality sector woes with bumper profits on the back of its cheap night out appeal.The company posted revenues of £185 million for the year to 30 September, up 42% on pre-pandemic levels, with earnings up 40% to £38 million, ahead of analyst expectations.The firm will open …
10.10.2022 - 08:44
Business
Evening Standard
Bank of England doubles down on bond deals as Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng heads to IMF
B THE ank of England doubled down on its emergency bond buying scheme today, saying it would purchase up to £10 billion a day.That’s up from £5 billion previously and comes as the scheme enters its final week.Some in the market fear the gilts market will collapse again threatening pension funds once the Bank withdraws …
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