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Deal worth £105m agreed for landmark government building
A deal worth £105m has been agreed to build a landmark building in Manchester which is expected to host 2,500 civil servants. Ask Real Estate (Ask) and joint venture partner The Richardson Family have completed the transaction with Pension Insurance Corporation plc (PIC). Work on the First Street site will start immediately and see a …
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City watchdog wants answers on savings rates as 70 firms investigated over customer treatment
The City regulator has revealed that it is seeking answers from banks about how they decide on savings rates after complaints that they are failing to reflect the increases in the Bank of England’s base rate.The Financial Conduct Authority’s executive director for competition and consumers, Sheldon Mills, also told a conference that it was investigating …
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Evening Standard
Heatwave and rail strikes disrupt trade at All Bar One owner M&B
Pub and bars giant Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has revealed that sales were “disrupted” by the summer heatwave and rail strikes in recent months.Nevertheless, the group said sales still grew over the past quarter following strong demand for food.Shares in the company slipped in early trading as Phil Urban, chief executive of the All Bar …
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Holiday Inn owner says booking systems fully restored after cyberattack
Holiday Inn owner InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) said it has fully restored service on its systems after it was the subject of a cyberattack earlier this month.The UK-based hotel group said on September 6 that it had been targeted by hackers who had disrupted its booking systems.In an update on the incident, the company said …
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Next slashes guidance after inflation bites for customers
Fashion giant Next has said it witnessed weak sales in August as customers saw the cost of living surge and is now set to miss sales and profit targets.The high street retailer told investors on Thursday that August was “below our expectations” and cost-of-living pressures on customers are expected to “rise” in the coming months, …
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UK stock markets tumble as cost of living crisis sees Next cut sales and profit guidance
Shares in companies that depend on consumer spending have plunged after Next, the fashion to homewares retailer, cut its sales forecast for the second half of its financial year and annual profit guidance.The company used the publication of its half-year results to the end of July to say that there were too many variables at …
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Pension funds would have faced ‘mass defaults’ today without BoE action
The Bank of England’s dramatic intervention today was in response to a “run dynamic” emerging in the British pensions system which could have resulted in the collapse of a swathe of institutions within hours, Sky News understands.Bank staff worked through the night on Tuesday and into Wednesday morning to prepare the unprecedented package, which will …
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What are bonds, how are they different to gilts and where do they fit in the mini-budget crisis?
The Bank of England has made the very unusual move of buying ‘long-dated gilts’ to restore stability after Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget sent the markets plummeting.Long-dated gilts are a type of government bond that make up a large proportion of pension pots. Pension funds would have collapsed -follow economy latestHave we lost you? …
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Bank’s extraordinary response to government policy is almost unthinkable | Ed Conway
This is an extraordinary moment.We’ll get to the details in a moment but before we do let’s not lose sight of the big picture. The Bank of England has just stepped in to fix a part of the financial market which had broken following the government’s mini-budget last Friday.It has intervened – not with interest …
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From ‘pandemic winner’ to investors ‘crying into their cornflakes’: Analysts on Boohoo’s changing fortunes
Analysts have reacted to the “disappointing” half-year results published by fashion giant Boohoo this morning. The Manchester-headquartered group, which also includes the PrettyLittleThing and Karen Millen brands, made a pre-tax loss of £15.2m for the six months to August 31, 2022, compared to a £24.6m profit during the same period in 2021. Boohoo also reported …
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Evening Standard
Lego sales surge but profits held back by rising costs
Danish toy giant Lego has notched up a double-digit hike in half-year sales, but saw profits slip back due to rising costs.The group reported pre-tax profits dropping 2% to 7.9 billion Danish kroner (£949 million) in the first six months of the year as it faced higher costs for raw materials, energy and freight.But it …
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Royal Mail workers to stage 19 further strikes over next two months
Royal Mail workers are to stage a further 19 strikes in the next two months in a deteriorating dispute over pay and conditions.The Communication Workers Union announced that the action in October and November will be a mixture of single days and rolling action across Royal Mail Group’s network.The union said it will have a …

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