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27.06.2022 - 09:49
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Business Live
The new look Cardiff office building powered by green energy
A prime Cardiff office building has been renamed as part of a £4m revamp to create new flexible working space in a building powered solely by renewable energy. The 30,000 sq ft Dumfries House in the city centre has been rebranded Coal House by its own in property investor and developer Create Real Estate. When …
27.06.2022 - 09:47
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Business Live
The top team leading JD Sports after sudden resignation of long-time boss Peter Cowgill
It’s been an eventful first half of 2022 for JD Sports after being rapped by a watchdog twice and its long-time boss resigning suddenly. In February, JD Sports was fined £4.3m by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for exchanging information with Footasylum, which it had agreed to buy at the time for £90m. The …
27.06.2022 - 09:16
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Business Live
Major jobs plans revealed by online mortgage broker bought by Confused.com owner
An online mortgage broker has revealed plans to hire more than 50 new members of staff after it was acquired by the owner of Uswitch, Money.co.uk and Confused.com at the end of last year. Manchester-headquartered Mojo Mortgages currently employs 74 employees and was snapped up by RVU in December. At the time the deal was …
27.06.2022 - 09:06
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Business Live
Staff handed £500 cost of living bonus as sales pass £600m
An employee-owned cash and carry and convenience store giant is to hand its staff a cost of living bonus of up to £500. Parfetts said it is “recognising its staff’s hard work and dedication” with the payment which comes in addition to a company-wide sales bonus of up to 2% of salary. The business added …
27.06.2022 - 09:01
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Business Live
High growth contact centre specialist ResQ takes two golds at industry awards
Call centre specialist ResQ has won two gold awards at its coveted industry awards. The rapidly expanding Hull-headquartered business was celebrated for having the Best Health & Wellbeing Programme as well as the Most Effective Colleague Engagement Programme at the UK National Contact Centre Awards, held in London. Chief executive and co-founder, Gill Marchbank, said: …
27.06.2022 - 08:56
Business
Evening Standard
City watchdog opens probe into tax affairs of Wise founder Kristo Käärmann
THE trouble facing Kristo Käärmann, the billionaire co-founder of Wise, grew today when the City watchdog opened an investigation into his tax affairs.The financial entrepreneur has been on the list of HMRC’s so-called “deliberate defaulters” since September 2021. He failed to pay a £720,000 bill for 2017-18 and was hit with a fine of £366,000.Today …
27.06.2022 - 04:59
Business
Sky News
Russia in first foreign debt default in over a century, bondholders claim
Russia has reportedly missed a deadline to pay investors of its international bonds, a scenario that would place it in default for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.According to the Reuters news agency, some Taiwanese holders of Russian Eurobonds had not received interest due when a grace period expired on Sunday. Moscow was …
26.06.2022 - 10:07
Business
Sky News
HSBC executive Haire in surprise move to run the Skipton
One of HSBC’s top UK executives is quitting in a surprise move to run the Skipton Building Society, one of Britain’s biggest financial mutuals.Sky News has learnt that Stuart Haire, group general manager and chief executive of the London-listed banking giant’s UK personal and private banking businesses, is to become the new CEO of the …
26.06.2022 - 03:31
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Business Live
Welsh food and drink sector reports record exports
Welsh food and drink exports hit a record high in 2021 of £641m. Wales also had the largest percentage increase in the value of food and drink exports out of the four UK nations between 2020 and 2021 rising by £89m, a growth of 16.1%. The highest value export category for Welsh food and drink …
26.06.2022 - 03:00
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Business Live
‘Private equity can be a force for good’: Investment boss on industry’s role in backing Manchester entrepreneurs
A Manchester investment boss has insisted that private equity “can be a force for good” and that opportunities will continue to pop up to back ambitious entrepreneurs despite the current economic woes. Chris Wright, the head of Inflexion’s office in the city, added that while there are a “range of views” around the role of …
25.06.2022 - 22:00
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Business Live
Stop in-fighting and help economy recover, CBI boss warns Government
The UK economy is heading into a “critical quarter” and needs the Government to put its internal divisions on hold to avoid the country tipping into recession, the head of the country’s largest business organisation has warned. CBI director-general Tony Danker has used an interview with The Journal to warn that inflation, staff shortages and …
25.06.2022 - 08:13
Business
Sky News
Hearn duo eye £150m windfall from sale of Matchroom Sport stake
The father-and-son duo who have built Matchroom Sport into a global sports promotion empire are plotting a deal that will cement their status among Britain’s super-rich.Sky News can reveal that Barry and Eddie Hearn are in detailed talks with at least three private equity firms about the sale of a substantial minority stake in Matchroom, …
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