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Sales accelerate for travel app Trainline as UK strike impact eases
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.Fewer strike days and more people switching to digital tickets has fuelled an uptick in sales for Trainline this year, the travel …
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American’s Daily Telegraph bid revives link to former proprietor Conrad Black
A bid for The Daily Telegraph spearheaded by the owner of The New York Sun has raised the extraordinary possibility of a return to the British newspaper group for Conrad Black, its former proprietor.Sky News can reveal that Lord Black – who is listed as a contributing editor to and founding director of the Sun …
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Business owners ditching landlines for ‘game-changing’ service much cheaper than BT
Landlines are passe in most people’s homes nowadays and yet many businesses cling on to the expense at work. Meanwhile, small businesses that want the legitimacy of a local number to reassure customers are put off by the premium price tag for such outdated tech, especially when suddenly there’s an additional expense to make sure …
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‘More normalised’ demand for homes boosts sales at Winkworth
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.Estate agent firm Winkworth has posted a jump in revenues as activity in the property market returns to “more normalised levels”.Shares in …
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Cooling pay growth ‘set to smooth path for further interest rate cuts’
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.Slowing UK wage growth should help pave the way for a further interest rate cut by the end of the year as …
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More focus needed on ‘left behind’ people and places – Social mobility report
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.The best opportunities for high qualifications and professional well-paid jobs remain in London and the Home Counties, according to a major new …
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Ofgem calls for ‘culture change’ from energy firms on customer service
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London openings help Gym Group beef up annual guidance
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Swedish buyout firm EQT joins race for Grant Thornton UK
A Swedish buyout firm has joined a queue of buyout firms exploring the purchase of a big stake in the UK operations of Grant Thornton, one of Britain’s biggest accountancy firms.Sky News has learnt that EQT, which is in the process of acquiring the computer games producer Keywords Studios, submitted an offer to Grant Thornton’s …
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Chancellor signals first budget will be painful mix of spending cuts, tax rises and higher borrowing
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has signalled her first budget as chancellor could be a painful mix of spending cuts, tax rises and increased borrowing. Speaking to Sky News after official figures showed the economy flatlined in July with GDP growth of 0.0%, she refused to rule out increasing business and wealth taxes, or further cuts to …
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‘Most generous voluntary redundancy package ever’ offered to staff at Britain’s biggest steelworks
An annual payment of £27,000 will be given to thousands of workers being made redundant at Britain’s biggest steelworks under the government intervention to reduce the fallout from closure. As many as 2,800 jobs are to be lost despite the previous government issuing £500m of funding. In return, the company would invest £750m. The coal-powered …
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Winter fuel payment cut to 10 million pensioners will not be ‘watered down’
The government will not “water down” cuts to the winter fuel payment after it was voted through on Tuesday, a minister has said.Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said removing the winter fuel payment from around 10 million pensioners is “the right decision to make” following backlash from MPs and charities after the policy was voted through …

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