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Costain cheers water contract boost as it ups shareholder returns
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FTSE 100 falls after blue-chips including BT, Shell and BP slide
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 lost ground on Tuesday, pushed down by sharp falls across constituents including BT, plus energy giants Shell and BP.The …
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Higher bus fares help lift earnings for National Express owner Mobico
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Waitrose plans 100 new convenience shops as it invests £1bn in chain revamp
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Government borrowing highest since pandemic
Government borrowing rose to the highest amount since the pandemic in July, official figures show, as public sector pay increased.Not since 2021 has there been a July with such high borrowing, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It means there was a £3.1bn difference between what the government took in from …
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Peak train fares to return as pilot scheme scrapped over passenger numbers
A pilot scheme scrapping peak-time ScotRail fares will end next month following a “limited degree of success”.Transport Scotland said the trial – subsidised by the Scottish government – cost £40m but “did not achieve its aims” of encouraging more people to swap their cars for rail travel. The scheme began in October last year and …
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Britishvolt administrators chase money owed from its defunct buyer
Administrators of the collapsed battery start-up Britishvolt say they have lodged claims for money owed by its now wound-up buyer, Recharge Production UK. EY says that former employees of the once vaunted electric vehicle battery firm have been paid £236,000 owed in wages and the tax office is due to be paid £3.03m it is …
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Co-op spearheading scheme investing in 600 apprenticeships in early years sector
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Hobbycraft on brink of sale to retail investor Modella Capital
One of Britain’s leading arts and crafts retailers is on the brink of being sold to a specialist investor whose executives have backed chains including Paperchase and Tie Rack.Sky News has learnt that Modella Capital is in advanced talks to buy Hobbycraft from the private equity firm Bridgepoint. City sources said a deal could be …
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Wood Group reveals widened losses and costs of abandoned takeover
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Sir Keir Starmer: Key role for Wales in making Britain an energy superpower
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H&T bolstered by pawnbroking as more people seek quick loans
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