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Missguided cuts 63 jobs as founder Nitin Passi steps down as chief executive
Fashion retailer Missguided has announced it has cut 65 jobs and its founder has stepped down as chief executive. The Manchester-headquartered also confirmed it has appointed Teneo “to explore strategic options for the business”. Teneo recently led the sale of Studio Retail Group to Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group after it had fallen into administration. READ …
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Cornish businessmen to pay £240k for illegal waste disposal
Two businessmen will pay more than £240,000 after being convicted for operating an illegal waste disposal operation where raw sewage was “injected” into the Cornish countryside. Company director Neal Tremayne used his firm, Carnon Valley Transport, to collect septic tank contents and other controlled wastes from holiday and caravan parks, hotels, a farm, abattoir and …
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The latest appointments and promotions in Wales
Here we feature the latest appointments and promotions in Welsh business. Watkin Jones Bangor-based and Alternative Investment Market listed property developer Watkin Jones has appointed Rachel Addison as a non-executive director and a member of the audit, remuneration and nomination committees. Ms Addison is a non-executive director of a number of firms including business-critical services …
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UK trade with Ireland’s biggest port recovering from post-Brexit slump
After a sharp post-Brexit decline, Ireland’s largest port recorded a rebound in freight volumes to and from the UK during the first quarter of this year.New figures from Dublin Port show that freight to and from the ports of Holyhead, Liverpool and Heysham grew by 23% from the same period in 2021 to 192,000 units. …
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Funding Circle founder Desai wins Accel backing for Super Payments venture
A co-founder of Funding Circle, one of Britain’s financial technology pioneers, has raised tens of millions of dollars from blue-chip investors to establish a payments start-up that he hopes will disrupt the industry behemoths Visa and MasterCard.Sky News has learnt that Samir Desai has secured backing from Silicon Valley heavyweights including Accel Partners, one of …
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Appeal against Meta’s ban for ‘extremism’ launched in a Russian court, says Interfax agency
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The new WealthTech100 list announces the FinTech companies transforming wealth and investment management and private banking
The fourth annual WealthTech100 list for 2022 is launched today by specialist research firm FinTech Global. The prestigious ranking recognizes the world’s most innovative technology solution providers that address the digital transformation challenges and opportunities faced by investment firms, private banks and financial advisors. The WealthTech sector has experienced huge growth in recent years as …
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Loss of appetite for Just Eat as orders slump
Just Eat has downgraded its annual growth expectations while reporting a fall in orders during the first three months of its financial year, bolstering fears of a global consumer spending slowdown.Europe’s biggest meal delivery platform also revealed it had bowed to investor pressure on the future of Grubhub, the US business it bought last year …
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Rugby Star Ali McGrandles Named Chieftain Of Stirling Highland Games
Former Scotland rugby player Ali McGrandles has been named Chieftain of this year’s Stirling Highland Games. Stirling-born Ali was a pioneer of women’s rugby in Scotland beginning her career at Stirling County aged just eight and going on to notch up 50 international caps. Ali, who played in the 1994, 1998 and 2002 Rugby World …
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Netflix subscribers fall for the first time in a decade
Streaming titan Netflix lost subscribers in the first three months of this year after years of explosive growth, sending the company’s shares plummeting.After losing 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter, Netflix indicated in its financial results that it could shed a further two million members in the second quarter of this year. The drop represents …
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Password sharing could end as Netflix sees fall in subscribers
Netflix has hinted it could crack down on password sharing after losing 300,000 subscribers in the first three months of the year. This is the first time Netflix has reported a loss in subscribers in more than a decade, with the company warning another two million subscribers could leave in the three months to July. …
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Sri Lanka has never defaulted on its debt. Is that about to change?
Since it won independence from the British Empire in 1948, Sri Lanka has never defaulted on its sovereign debt, even during the three decades during which the island state was torn apart by a vicious civil war that claimed tens of thousands of lives.Yet concerns are rising that, such is the country’s plight, this proud …

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