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Pub firm warns of £18m energy bill as businesses await news of aid package
As businesses anxiously await details of the government’s promised financial aid to help cover surging energy bills, a pub operator has revealed it is facing an £18m hit without help.In a trading update to the market on Tuesday, Fuller, Smith & Turner (F,S&T), which has almost 180 tenanted pubs and several hotels, said the expected …
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‘It won’t really scratch the surface’: £150 extra disability cost-of-living help ‘not enough’
Around six million people on disability benefits will receive £150 from today to help them cope with rising living costs, but some say the money is not enough.Katy Styles is a full-time carer for her husband Mark, who suffers from a rare form of motor neurone disease and will be eligible for the one-off payment. …
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PM admits no UK-US trade deal on the cards – despite Johnson citing it as big Brexit bonus
The much-vaunted post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and US could be years away, Liz Truss admitted as she landed in the US before her first official bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden.The prime minister, en route to the United Nations General Assembly, told reporters on Tuesday: “There aren’t currently any negotiations taking place with …
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Volkswagen seeks to drive €9.4 billion from Porsche IPO
German car maker Volkswagen has set a benchmark of €9.4 billion (£8.2 billion) it expects from the upcoming initial public offering (IPO) of its iconic Porsche brand.The marque said that it would seek a valuation of €70 billion to €75 billion for the listing, below an earlier top-end goal of as much as €85 billion, …
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Data analytics specialist Serios Group on the move after doubling first year turnover
North East data specialist Seriös Group is on the move to a bigger base on the back of growing demand. The Newcastle data analytics and testing consultancy has doubled its first year revenue to £1.42m, having grown staff numbers from seven to 38 in the past 12 months. Seriös Group is creating a further 15 …
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Packed week ahead for Liz Truss as premiership set to swing into action
Liz Truss’s premiership will swing into action this week after a political pause to mark the Queen’s death, with a packed schedule of policy and diplomacy to follow the state funeral.Normal activity in Parliament has been put on ice since the late monarch died, with business in both Houses halted for a period of mourning.All …
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Evening Standard
Dock workers in Liverpool to begin two-week strike
Hundreds of dock workers will launch a two-week strike from Monday in a dispute over pay, continuing industrial unrest which has hit several sectors over the summer.Members of Unite at the Port of Liverpool will walk out from Monday evening, hours after the Queen’s funeral.The Peel Ports Group, which operates the port, said workers had …
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Shops, pubs and schools: What’s closed (and what’s open) on day of Queen’s funeral
Many supermarkets, cinemas and schools will be closed on Monday as a mark of respect on the day of the Queen’s funeral.It has been declared a bank holiday – meaning many businesses will shut their doors and many GP appointments have been postponed.A number of pub groups have said they will keep venues open during …
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Evening Standard
Raft of high street shops to shut their doors for the Queen’s funeral
Supermarkets, fashion stores and cinemas will be among firms shutting their doors on Monday, due to the Queen’s funeral.It was announced last week that the funeral will take place on Monday September 19, which will also be a public bank holiday.As a result, a raft of the country’s biggest retailers have said they will shut …
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London Stock Exchange to close for day of Queen’s funeral
Trading terminals in London will not operate on Monday as several markets around the world prepare to mark the death of the Queen.The London Stock Exchange will not trade at all on the day of the monarch’s funeral, while markets in other Commonwealth countries also plan to mark her death by closing for public holidays …
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London Stock Exchange to close for day of Queen’s funeral
Trading terminals in London will not operate on Monday as several markets around the world prepare to mark the death of the Queen.The London Stock Exchange will not trade at all on the day of the monarch’s funeral, while markets in other Commonwealth countries also plan to mark her death by closing for public holidays …
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FourFourTwo publisher Future to kick off hunt for CEO successor
The executive who has built Future into one of Britain’s biggest listed digital media companies is preparing to step down next year after nearly a decade in charge.Sky News has learnt that Zillah Byng-Thorne, Future’s chief executive since April 2014, has informed the company’s chairman that she plans to retire from the publisher of Country …

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