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Belfast’s Linen Quarter BID plans extension to Gasworks and Shaftsbury Square
A major business improvement district (BID) in Belfast city centre has announced plans to extend its area of management to both The Gasworks and Shaftsbury Square areas. The Linen Quarter BID announced the extension of its focus beyond the city’s Linen Quarter as part of its new five-year business plan. The LQ Bid is a …
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Cargill completes £667m buy-out of Croda’s performance technologies and industrial chemicals businesses
Cargill’s buy-out of Croda International’s performance technologies and industrial chemicals businesses has completed. The £667 million deal includes the significant site at Hull, with more than 1,000 staff transferring to the US agri-giant at five locations. A deal was agreed in December for the business unit, having been openly marketed previously following a strategic review …
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South West fastest area to sell a home in UK, Zoopla finds
The South West is now the fastest area of the UK for selling a home, particularly in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Plymouth, Swindon and Exeter. The average time between a property being listed and a sale agreed is 19 days in the region – quicker than the average 22 days it takes elsewhere in the country …
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Energy firms’ customer service ‘worst on record’ – as more and more households struggle to pay bills
Energy firms are letting down more and more customers with their poor levels of customer service according to the UK Citizens Advice. With rocketing bills forcing more households unable to make ends meet, the big suppliers have been accused of failing to do enough to help. The independent advice body said customer service standards were …
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Huge Tesco deal for health food brand backed by Harry Kane
A health food brand backed by England captain Harry Kane has secured a major distribution deal with Tesco. Products from Chester-based Bio&Me will now be available in almost 800 stores across the UK. The company already has listings with Sainsbury’s Waitrose, Co-op, Ocado and Holland & Barrett. READ MORE: England captain Harry Kane joins £1.4m …
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EU agrees on landmark crypto regulation in wake of Terra meltdown and Bitcoin plunge
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‘Cryptoqueen’ added to FBI’s Most Wanted list
A Bulgarian woman, also known as “Cryptoqueen”, has been added to the FBI’s list of its 10 most-wanted fugitives.Ruja Ignatova is accused of defrauding investors out of $4bn (£3.3bn) by selling a fake cryptocurrency called OneCoin. Ignatova, a German citizen, disappeared in late 2017 after bugging a flat belonging to her American boyfriend and learning …
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Why TV advert breaks could soon get longer – and more frequent
TV advert breaks could get longer and more frequent as part of a review of UK broadcasting rules.The regulator, Ofcom, has said market developments, including the availability of online streaming services, mean it would consider an overhaul of advertising regulations. Currently, public broadcasting channels are limited to an average of seven minutes of advertising an …
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Aston Martin keeping options open as Saudis weigh possible £200m investment
Aston Martin has said it is considering multiple funding options following reports that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund was lining up a possible investment worth hundreds of millions of pounds.Responding to the reports, the luxury carmaker said that it was keeping all “funding options under review,” amid uncertainty around the company’s future. Aston Martin’s shares …
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EV motorway charging network Gridserve in M&G funding talks
One of Britain’s leading electric vehicle infrastructure companies is in talks about securing a substantial new round of funding from an arm of M&G, the FTSE-100 asset manager.Sky News has learnt that Gridserve is in advanced discussions with Infracapital about a deal that would provide it with significant firepower to accelerate its rollout of EV …
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Crunch talks between RMT and Network Rail begin as union threatens further strikes
Talks between Network Rail and the RMT have resumed with the union warning it will announce more strike dates if the rail bosses press ahead with a consultation on compulsory redundancies.The two sides met for the first time since a national strike last week against the backdrop of Friday’s deadline for Network Rail to begin …
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Barclays gives 35,000 staff a £1200 pay boost to help with cost of living
Barclays is to give 35,000 UK staff a £1,200 pay rise in August to help them cope with the soaring cost of living.The high street lender said the award will effectively bring forward part of a pay review that was not due to happen until March.The rises will go to customer facing, branch and junior …

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