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Self-catering specialist Sapphire Holidays makes £2m Cornwall office investment
Self-catering specialist Sapphire Holidays has announced a £2m investment at its Cornish offices as it plans for more growth. The family-owned group of self-catering holiday letting agencies has acquired a former industrial building on Hayle Business Park to turn it into a low-carbon office for its growing team. Sapphire Holidays brands include Aspects Holidays, Boutique …
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Evening Standard
Efforts to give drivers ‘peace of mind’ about EV touring amid staycation worries
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.Most Britons who took a staycation this summer travelled by car but just 6% planned to use an electric vehicle, a survey …
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Security company crowned Solihull’s Business of the Year
A security company which has been trading for more than three decades has been crowned Solihull’s top business. MAN Commercial Protection was named overall business of the year at the annual Solihull Awards, run by the town’s chamber of commerce. The firm, which is based in Shirley, was founded in 1993 and provides fully trained …
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Babcock floats move for Titanic shipyard as owner teeters on brink
Babcock International, the London-listed defence contractor, is weighing a possible bid for some of the assets of Harland and Wolff, the shipbuilder which is close to collapse.Sky News has learnt that Babcock, which has a market value of £2.4bn, has expressed an interest in Harland and Wolff’s Belfast shipyard which is famous for having built …
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Meta to begin training AI on public posts from UK Facebook and Instagram users
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FTSE 100 nudges up on higher Fed rate cut hopes
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 FTSE 100 ticked up on Friday as investors looked forward to an expected interest rate cut at the US Federal Reserve …
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Analysts look to potential sales forecast upgrade in Next interim results
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.Next could upgrade its forecast for full-year sales next week, as the retailer looks to capitalise on new business overseas.The clothing retailer …
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Apollo-owned ABC Technologies in £800m raid on London-listed auto supplier
A London-listed automotive components supplier has become the latest British-based company to draw overseas takeover interest after receiving a series of offers from a Canadian rival.Sky News has learnt that TI Fluid Systems has received at least two bid proposals from ABC Technologies Holdings, a Canadian competitor. City sources said on Friday evening that the …
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Grangemouth owners urged to reconsider ‘premature’ refinery closure
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.Scotland’s First Minister has urged the owners of the Grangemouth refinery to reconsider its “premature” closure.Petroineos announced on Thursday it would shutter …
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Mail Online and Sun take axe to US-based workforces
Two of Britain’s biggest newspaper publishers are taking the axe to their US workforces, slashing scores of jobs in the latest evidence of mounting financial pressures across the media sector.Sky News has learnt that News UK, the publisher of The Sun, and DMGT, owner of the Daily Mail, have this week announced sweeping internal restructurings …
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Investigation into potential second Post Office scandal will be ‘positive’ for sub-postmasters
The lawyer for those affected by Capture software predating the faulty Horizon system says his “belief” is that the “report is going to be positive”.Neil Hudgell, a solicitor at Hudgell Solicitors, is representing over 40 former sub-postmasters who used Capture in the 1990s. Dozens who used it claim they were wrongfully accused of stealing money …
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Bank of England set to pause interest rate cuts as ‘cautious tone’ sticks
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