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Deliveroo picks up Grimble as chief financial officer
Food delivery service Deliveroo has appointed Scilla Grimble as chief financial officer (CFO) replacing Adam Miller who will step down from the business in September. Grimble is currently CFO at comparison site MoneySupermarket.com a post she has held since 2019.She was previously interim CFO at high street retailer Marks & Spencer and also director of group finance, and has …
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EasyJet to cut more flights this summer
EasyJet has announced plans to cut more flights over the busy summer period, as it apologised to customers for failing to “deliver the service they have come to expect from us”.The airline has blamed issues such as staff shortages in ground handling and at airports, as well as air traffic control delays for increased turnaround …
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Ex-Aviva and British Gas exec Hodges to spearhead Marwyn vehicle
A former top executive at Aviva and British Gas will this week be appointed to spearhead the latest takeover quest of Marwyn, one of the London market’s most prolific creators of listed acquisition vehicles.Sky News has learnt that Mark Hodges, who has run some of the biggest companies in the British insurance industry, will be …
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Rail union boss predicts strikes will spread to more sectors
Britain is facing a summer of discontent with more workers set to be balloted on strike action, a union chief has warned, as a series of walkouts is set to cripple the rail network.RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has predicted industrial action could spread to other services, arguing that “people can’t take it anymore”. Unions …
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Investment body helps bring 1,400 new jobs to Newcastle and Gateshead
An organisation set up to attract investment to Newcastle and Gateshead says it has supported the creation and safeguarding of more than 1,700 jobs in the last year. Invest Newcastle said that 29 new businesses and 11 existing businesses chose to invest, locate or expand their operations in Newcastle and Gateshead between April last year …
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North East manufacturer ENTEK International reports buoyant sales amid European demand
A North Tyneside firm that makes critical components for the automotive industry has seen stronger sales driven by demand from the European Union. ENTEK International Limited, which operates from Killingworth’s Camperdown Industrial Estates, says turnover grew to £44.4m last year, up from £40.8m, as high sales values provided a boost. In accounts filed at Companies …
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Fighting fit: Breweries return in force as Liverpool Craft Beer Expo showcases UK beer industry
It was a tough pandemic for breweries – but if Liverpool Craft Beer Expo was anything to go by, then things are starting to look up. Drinkers have been pouring into Liverpool’s Black Lodge Brewery this weekend for this year’s festival, which showcased drinks from breweries across the UK and as far afield as Ukraine. …
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PwC UK partners to toast six-figure windfall from $2.2bn mobility sale
Hundreds of UK-based executives at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) are to receive one-off six-figure windfalls from the sale of the global accountancy giant’s mobility services arm.Sky News has learnt that the firm’s 950 partners in Britain will be handed an average of just over £100,000 each following a $2.2bn deal with the private equity firm Clayton Dubilier …
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Britons cannot expect pay rises to keep up with cost of living, Treasury warns
Britons cannot expect pay rises to keep up with the soaring cost of living, the government has warned.Treasury Chief Secretary Simon Clarke has said matching salaries to inflation risked causing prices in the shops to surge even higher. His intervention comes as more than 40,000 staff prepare for a three-day strike that will cripple large …
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Clean energy firm secures planning permission for Somerset solar farm
Renewable energy firm Enviromena has secured planning permission for a solar farm on a 90-acre site in Somerset. The company said when the project in Horsey near Bridgwater is fully operational it could produce enough energy to power around 9,750 average-sized homes a year, and offset approximately 6,500 tonnes of carbon emissions. The structure, which …
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ADVERTORIAL: Eddie Stobart starts new sustainable journey with Engenera Renewables
Leading road haulage company, Eddie Stobart, has begun a new journey towards a greener, low carbon and cost-efficient future by teaming up with one of the UK’s leading renewable energy companies: Engenera Renewables Group. Eddie Stobart is one of the UK’s best-known names within the supply chain sector. Initially formed in 1970 by its eponymous …
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We need to maximise entrepreneurship in the Welsh university sector – here’s how
Last week, the Higher Education Statistics Agency released the results of their latest business and community interaction survey (HEBCIS). This examines the interactions between UK higher education providers and business and the wider community and measures areas such as intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks, design rights, trade secrets and patents), regeneration programmes and continuous professional development. …

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