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21.02.2022 - 09:53
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Business Live
ADVERTORIAL: How Barclays is helping businesses to build back better
Thriving businesses are key to our region’s continued growth and success. And Cambridgeshire, home to a burgeoning life sciences sector and a plethora of businesses from the smallest start-up to globally renowned brands, is certainly a hub for some of the UK’s brightest minds and technical prowess. It’s an entrepreunerial power house that Barclays is …
21.02.2022 - 09:48
Business
Sky News
Leap in business costs fails to dent economy’s ‘resurgent recovery’ in February
A leap in business costs by the second-fastest rate on record this month failed to dampen a “resurgent economy”, according to a closely-watched indicator of activity.The flash IHS Markit/CIPS composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) found private sector output picked up at the fastest pace since June last year during February. The report said spending on …
21.02.2022 - 09:41
Business
Business Live
GS Verde Group reports bumper 2021 after deal values reach almost £8bn
Leading M&A advisors GS Verde Group have reported a bumper 2021 in deal-making after it reported total deal values in Wales reaching just over £7.9bn. The company, which supports businesses with mergers and acquisitions, said this value was a sharp upsurge on the £3bn that was recorded for the whole of 2020. More widely, the …
21.02.2022 - 09:14
Business
Sky News
Playtech chief Weizer throws chips in with Asian suitor TTB
The chief executive of Playtech has sprung a fresh surprise in the battle to control the London-listed gambling software group by teaming up with an Asian-based suitor.Sky News has learnt that Mor Weizer has opted to work with TT Bond Partners (TTB) on a potential offer for Playtech, even as the company considers a string …
21.02.2022 - 07:12
Business
Sky News
House prices see ‘biggest leap for 20 years’ as buyers return to city living
The average price tag for a home has shot up by almost £8,000 in the space of a month as the easing in the COVID crisis sparks renewed interest in city living, according to a report.The Rightmove website said its measure of asking prices stood at a record level of £348,804 following the jump of …
21.02.2022 - 07:09
Business
Sky News
Emotional reunions as Australia opens border to tourists
Australia has reopened its borders to vaccinated travellers after almost two years of pandemic-related closures.Hundreds of people have been reunited with family and friends, with more than 50 international flights arriving in Australia through the day. “It is a very exciting day, one that I have been looking forward to for a long time, from …
21.02.2022 - 05:40
Business
Euro News
Credit Suisse leak alleges Swiss bank stashed billions in illicit funds
20.02.2022 - 07:00
Business
Business Live
Newcastle and Middlesbrough named among Europe’s best places to invest
Newcastle and Middlesbrough have been named among some of the best places in Europe in which to invest. The annual FDI European Cities and Region of the Future report ranked Newcastle as the fourth best mid-sized European city of the future, while Middlesbrough was ranked third in the small European city section. Rankings are based …
20.02.2022 - 07:00
Business
Business Live
Butchers chain Dicksons back in the black after ‘challenging’ period with retail driving sales rise
North East butchers chain Dicksons has bounced back into the black after a “challenging” period following a business restructure and solid performance across its divisions. The South Shields firm – famed for its saveloy dip as well as its pies, cooked meats and sausages – has posted accounts for the years ended June 30 2021 …
20.02.2022 - 04:00
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Business Live
Group eyes £1bn valuation, new acquisitions and creating hundreds of jobs after IPO ‘put it on the map’
A fast-growing manufacturing and retail group is eyeing up new acquisitions, creating hundreds of jobs and being valued at £1bn within the next five years after its IPO “put it on the map”, the firm’s CEO has said. Supreme plc’s Sandy Chadha said floating on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM in February 2021 was a …
19.02.2022 - 07:11
Business
Sky News
Spurned Morrisons suitor Fortress plots £5bn takeover of petrol stations giant MFG
An American investment giant is plotting a £5bn takeover of Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Britain’s biggest independent operator of petrol forecourts.Sky News has learnt that Fortress Investment Group is drawing up plans to bid for MFG after losing out in a hotly contested auction of Wm Morrison, the supermarket chain, last year. By coincidence, MFG …
19.02.2022 - 07:00
Business
Business Live
The North East’s star potential in booming TV industry
The North East is “rich territory” for film companies looking to make compelling TV programmes. That’s the thinking of Andrew Eastel, creative director at Middlechild – an independent production company that has just opened a Newcastle office on the back of a BBC commission. “The decision to open in Newcastle wasn’t just a business one …
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