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12.11.2021 - 10:31
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Sky News
Burger King picks banks to serve up £600m London flotation
The owner of Burger King’s British operations has picked two banks to serve up a whopper of a London float next year.Sky News has learnt that Bridgepoint has hired Bank of America and Investec to spearhead the fast-food giant’s initial public offering during the first half of 2022. The precise timing and size of the …
12.11.2021 - 09:52
Business
Evening Standard
In The Style founder Adam Frisby to step back as CEO of recently-floated online fashion retailer
Recently-floated online fashion retailer In The Style has revealed its entrepreneur founder Adam Frisby is to step back as CEO.Frisby left school with no qualifications to work at Burger King and launched the company from his bedroom in 2013 with just a £1,000 redundancy cheque. The 34-year-old steered his start-up to IPO this March, seeing …
12.11.2021 - 08:30
Business
Sky News
AstraZeneca eyes ‘modest’ profit from COVID-19 vaccine
Drugs firm AstraZeneca has said it plans to start earning a “modest” profit from its COVID-19 vaccine having previously sold it at cost.The Anglo-Swedish company has until now not been making a profit from the Oxford coronavirus jab and said it would not do so during the pandemic. The vaccine has in fact proved a …
12.11.2021 - 08:30
Business
Sky News
AstraZeneca accused of breaking promises as it looks to make a profit on COVID-19 vaccine
Oxfam has accused AstraZeneca of breaking its promises after the drugs firm said it planned to start earning a “modest” profit from its COVID-19 vaccine having previously sold it at cost.The Anglo-Swedish company has until now not been making a profit from the Oxford coronavirus jab and said it would not do so during the …
12.11.2021 - 07:12
Business
Sky News
China’s Singles’ Day sees sales growth slow as festival’s ‘worship of turnover’ criticised
China’s Singles’ Day shopping event has chalked up slower growth this year after a more muted approach from online retail giant Alibaba.Sales grew 8.5% to 540bn yuan (£63bn) but that was down from a 26% increase last year and the smallest bounce since the extravaganza – now the world’s biggest online sales event – was …
11.11.2021 - 16:21
Business
Euro News
Twitter is setting up a new crypto team. This is what it will be tasked with
11.11.2021 - 15:59
Business
Euro News
COP26: Climate finance has to overcome many hurdles to be effective, the UN’s eco finance chief says
11.11.2021 - 14:17
Business
Sky News
Sad day for UK science and technology as Johnson Matthey announces battery materials exit
The timing could not be more embarrassing for the government as it hosts COP26.Johnson Matthey, one of the UK’s premier industrial companies and a global leader in sustainable technologies, announced today it is to sell its battery materials business – a key player in supporting the transition to electric vehicles. The decision effectively kills Britain’s …
11.11.2021 - 13:09
Business
Sky News
Thai-based department store owner Central sizes up Selfridges takeover
A Thai-based conglomerate which owns the Italian department store Rinascente is among a pack of suitors weighing multibillion pound takeover bids for Selfridges, the owner of one of Britain’s landmark shopping destinations.Sky News has learnt that Central Group, which is controlled by the Chirathivat family, is among a number of parties to have expressed an …
11.11.2021 - 12:50
Business
Sky News
Revealed: The items you might struggle to buy in supermarkets as Christmas nears
Frozen turkeys were the product most likely to be in short supply in UK supermarkets earlier this month, according to industry data released amid warnings of a possible Christmas supply squeeze.A shortage of skilled butchers has been widely blamed by the industry in recent months for a growing risk to meat supplies over the festive …
11.11.2021 - 11:33
Business
Sky News
Economic growth slows, greener airlines and China’s ‘Singles Day’
The UK’s economic growth slows sharply between July and September, as the supply crisis takes it toll. Ian King also speaks to the chief of United Airlines about plans for a low carbon future. And find out about Singles Day in China – a kind of “anti-Valentine’s Day” which has become the world’s biggest shopping …
11.11.2021 - 11:03
Business
Evening Standard
Boss of London pub group Young’s warns the price of a pint is set to rise
Young’s has swung back to profit after seeing sales return to 2019 levels, but the pub group’s CEO today warned that the price of a pint is set to rise. Patrick Dardis told the Standard the 189-year-old pubco, behind venues including the City’s Lamb Tavern and the new Windmill in Clapham, is “back in action“. …
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