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Tech firm aims to boost charitable giving
A Lichfield firm whose platform helps customers donate to charities while they shop has launched new technology. Users of Easyfundraising can opt to give money to charities by shopping via one of its affiliate links. If they do that then the retailer in the question will give a proportion of the sale to a customer’s …
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Forget the glamour of TV series The Split legal work lends itself very well to working from home.
Over two years since Covid 19 first triggered a mass overnight experiment into working from home for office-based workers, many employers have now introduced permanent home working or hybrid working. Turns out, contrary to what any number of employers thought when refusing flexible working requests, working from home productively is entirely possible. Earlier this month, …
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Channel 4 launches South West scheme to find new TV writers
Channel 4 has launched an initiative to find new TV drama writers in the South West of England. The C4 TV Drama New Writers Scheme (West and South West) was devised by the broadcaster’s Bristol hub in collaboration with Bristol UNESCO City of Film and its partners – BFI NETWORK (delivered regionally in the South …
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Ryanair boss warns on rising costs for summer beach flights
RYANAIR’S Covid-related losses soared past £1 billion today as it warned the cost of holiday flights will jump this summer as exhausted Brits seek out Europeanbeaches.The low cost airline made a loss of e355 million for the year to March. That £302 million hit comes atop £860 million lost last year, taking the total for …
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Drive to reduce Russian diesel forces UK pump costs to new record high
The average price of a litre of diesel has hit a new record high, according to industry data, signalling further financial pressure on households and businesses alike amid the deteriorating cost of living crisis.Motoring group the AA said petrol costs were also now just 1p a litre shy of striking their highest ever level as …
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Work more hours or get a better job to cope with price rises, minister urges
A government minister has suggested that people struggling with the cost of living could take on more hours or move to a better-paid job.Rachel Maclean, the safeguarding minister, told Sky News’ Kay Burley that those were some of the ways households could “protect themselves” as prices soar. Downing Street defended her after opposition parties sharply …
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‘Things are going to get tougher’ warns energy regulator over fears prices could rise quicker
The energy price cap, the mechanism that determines gas and electricity bills for 22 million households, could soon be reviewed every three months under plans announced by the industry regulator.Ofgem revealed that it was putting the idea out to consultation after criticism that the present twice-yearly adjustment arrangement – in April and October – had …
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‘Things are going to get tougher’, warns energy regulator over fears prices could rise quicker
The energy price cap, the mechanism that determines gas and electricity bills for 22 million households, could soon be reviewed every three months under plans announced by the industry regulator.Ofgem revealed that it was putting the idea out to consultation after criticism that the present twice-yearly adjustment arrangement – in April and October – had …
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Johnson and Irish foreign minister share hope for ‘landing zone’ on protocol before crisis talks
The prime minister is expected in Northern Ireland today as efforts to break the political deadlock at Stormont intensify.Boris Johnson will hold talks with party leaders and attempt to persuade the Democratic Unionists to enter the power sharing government. Sinn Fein is now the largest party but its vice president, Michelle O’Neill, cannot become first …
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Saudi oil giant’s profits rocket by 80% fuelled by Ukraine invasion
Oil giant Saudi Aramco has revealed its profits skyrocketed by more than 80% in the first three months of the year, with prices buoyed by post-pandemic global demand and the Ukraine war.The bumper first-quarter earnings by the state-owned firm, which overtook Apple as the world’s most valuable company last week, showed a record net income …
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Services on newly-opened Okehampton rail line have doubled amid huge demand
Services on a newly re-opened railway line in Devon have been doubled amid huge demand from passengers. The Dartmoor Line between Exeter and Okehampton reopened in November, restoring a regular, year-round service for the first time in almost 50 years. From Sunday May 15, passengers now benefit from an hourly service. The restored line has …
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