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Three listed homes contest best building category at ProCon Awards 2024
Three grade II-listed homes are the finalists in the Small Residential Scheme of the Year category at the 2024 ProCon Leicestershire property and construction awards. Two conversions and an extension are in the running in this category which is sponsored by Lovell Partnerships and is one of six in this year’s 21st ProCon Leicestershire Awards. …
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Too many smart meters are broken, Martin Lewis tells Ed Miliband
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.Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has been urged to rethink the “dire” smart meter rollout to shift targets from installations to repairing faulty …
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Pilates reformer start-up gets into shape with £3.5m funding boost
A start-up which targets Pilates enthusiasts with digitally connected equipment has secured a £3.5m funding boost aimed at fuelling its expansion.Sky News understands that Belfast-based Reform RX has secured $5.1m in a round led by Clarendon Fund Managers, the equity fund manager for the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland. Founded in 2018, Reform RX is …
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Junior doctors will strike again ‘if we need to’ – BMA
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.More strikes by junior doctors are not off the table in the future, a leading medic has said.It comes as junior doctors …
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Paddy Power owner Flutter buys Playtech’s Italian subsidiary
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.Betting giant Flutter Entertainment has agreed to buy Snaitech, the Italian subsidiary of UK-listed Playtech, for 2.3 billion euros (£1.94 billion).Flutter, which …
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Hundreds of customers at energy firm to get compensation
Nearly 1,400 OVO customers are to receive compensation after the energy firm was hit with a £2.37m penalty for complaint handling failures.Energy regulator Ofgem said the firm, one of the UK’s largest energy companies, will pay more than £378,000 directly to affected customers. Due to the “severity of consumer detriment”, OVO has also paid £2m …
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Amazon tells staff to get back to the office five days a week
Amazon has told its office workers they may no longer work from home except in extenuating circumstances.It comes as Jonathan Reynolds, the UK’s business secretary, said flexible working contributes to productivity, employee resilience, and staff retention. Money blog: Is now a good time to buy an iPhone?Workers need to be judged on outcomes and “not …
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UK’s most famous shopping street could be pedestrianised
Traffic could soon be banned from part of London’s most popular shopping area, under new plans by the capital’s mayor. A scheme announced by Sadiq Khan could see a 0.7-mile stretch of Oxford Street – between Oxford Circus and Marble Arch – pedestrianised with the aim of boosting the experience of shoppers, residents, workers and tourists. …
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Flexible working laws could reduce regional inequality, Business Secretary says
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.Flexible working laws could reduce regional inequality and contribute to productivity, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said, as he criticised the Conservative Party …
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Oil and gas sector has made ‘significant progress’ on emissions – industry body
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 UK’s oil and gas industry has been credited with “significant progress” towards its emissions reduction targets, as figures show its greenhouse …
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Starling Bank and Beauty Pie top list of ‘women-powered’ UK firms
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.Starling Bank and Beauty Pie have topped a list of the fastest-growing UK businesses led by women – while fitness influencer and …
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Ex-Treasury official Roxburgh leads race to chair Lloyd’s of London
A former Treasury official is leading the race to become the next chairman of Lloyd’s of London, one of the City’s most prestigious posts.Sky News has learnt that Sir Charles Roxburgh is the frontrunner to replace Bruce Carnegie-Brown in the role. City sources said a process in which other candidates were being considered was ongoing, …

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