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Apple pushes return to office plans back to February
Apple’s plans to get staff back in the office are being pushed back to February, according to an internal email.The company’s chief executive Tim Cook announced the delay in an internal email revealed by NBC News during which he encouraged staff to take the COVID-19 vaccine. “As of today, we are targeting February 1, 2022 …
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Ryanair takes flight from London listing in post-Brexit snub to UK financial centre
Ryanair has confirmed plans to abandon its London listing, in a move that will be seen as a post-Brexit snub to the UK’s financial centre.The no-frills carrier had said at the start of the month that it was considering the idea due to a fall in trading volumes of its shares on the London Stock …
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Shapps insists promises ‘being fulfilled’ despite cutting HS2 line and northern rail downgrade
Grant Shapps has said promises the government made to the North on rail are “absolutely being fulfilled” despite the eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds being scrapped and plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail being downgraded.The transport secretary told Sky News that the government’s new £96bn Integrated Rail Plan for the North and the Midlands will …
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Signs of early Christmas shopping as inflation spike threatens household budgets
Retail sales rose for the first time in six months during October, according to official figures, suggesting shoppers started their hunt for Christmas gifts early as pressure intensifies on household budgets.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a 0.8% increase in volumes last month compared to September – with clothing among categories leading the way. …
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Investors put FTSE pay chiefs on notice over post-pandemic rewards
Pay chiefs at Britain’s biggest companies have been warned of a renewed backlash from investors in 2022 if they fail to curb executive pension contributions or award bonuses when government support has yet to be repaid.Sky News has learnt that the Investment Association (IA), whose members manage a collective £9.4trn, wrote on Thursday to the …
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As the PM is accused of ‘betraying’ the North, this is what he’s said on HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail
“I want to be the prime minister who does with Northern Powerhouse Rail what we did for Crossrail in London.”Those were the words of Boris Johnson days after he entered Downing Street in 2019. As people digest the contents of his government’s Integrated Rail Plan, there will be many people who will feel the prime …
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Travelling public have cause to feel let down over government’s new rail plan
From leaves on the line to the wrong kind of snow, rail travellers are used to creative excuses.Today, Boris Johnson and Grant Shapps asked the travelling public of the North and the Midlands to swallow another. A long-promised plan for new high-speed lines linking Birmingham, Leeds, and Manchester has been abandoned, they said, because it’s …
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Euro News
Car sales in Europe hit record low due to global microchip shortage
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Eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds scrapped, transport secretary confirms
The government has been accused of committing a “great train robbery” after Grant Shapps confirmed the eastern leg of HS2 has been scrapped and plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail have been downgraded.The transport secretary told MPs that a new £96bn Integrated Rail Plan for the north and the Midlands will instead deliver “faster” train journeys …
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‘Great train robbery’: Eastern leg of HS2 scrapped as plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail downgraded
The government has been accused of committing a “great train robbery” after Grant Shapps confirmed the eastern leg of HS2 has been scrapped and plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail have been downgraded.The transport secretary told MPs that a new £96bn Integrated Rail Plan for the north and the Midlands will instead deliver “faster” train journeys …
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Supply crunch: Shops suffer crisps shortage after Walkers IT woes
Crisps remain in short supply in almost one in three shops, according to new figures released following production difficulties at major producer Walkers.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that industry data from Kantar showed that 4% of shops visited between 12 and 15 November had no multipacks of crisps for sale. A total of …
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Evening Standard
UK return to ‘semblance of normality’ lifts pubs as Naked Wines stalls
The return “to some semblance of what was known as normality” is providing early Christmas cheer for the UK’s pub groups – but caused a headache for one of the pandemic’s online stars. As west London-based pub chain Fuller’s hailed a return to profit on Thursday morning, doorstep delivery firm Naked Wines reported seeing growth …

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