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Meta takes its first step in making the metaverse real with Horizon Worlds app
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Ardent invests £11m in two northern logistics acquisitions
US real estate investor Ardent has completed an £11m double acquisition in the northern logistics sector. Properties spanning almost 300,000 sq ft have been bought from Alliance Property Group in Pickering, North Yorkshire, and Peterlee, County Durham. It takes the portfolio to 1.7 million sq ft across 14 strategic locations in the UK. Read more:2,000 …
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How Covid has hit the young and the old in the workplace
Recent research from the office for National Statistics showed that while the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic had been greatest for younger workers, those older workers aged 50 and above have also been affected and to a greater extent than those in middle age. For example, employment for older workers was at a record high …
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Evening Standard
Hundreds of workers at London’s 90-year-old Ford Dagenham plant win pay rise amid tight labour market
Hundreds of workers at the famous 90-year-old Ford Dagenham plant in east London have won a pay rise in the latest example of workers securing wage hikes in a tight labour market. The factory built iconic vehicles, from Model Y to Zephyr and Fiesta, and now makes hi-tech Transit Custom diesel engines. October marked 90 …
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High street banks commit to cash access guarantee amid branch closures row
Britain’s biggest high street banks will next week unveil a venture guaranteeing access to cash amid a furore over the closure of thousands of branches across Britain.Sky News has learned that lenders including Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group have agreed to fund the joint provision of cash services in communities which face being …
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US inflation surges to highest level since 1982
US inflation has hit a 39-year high in the latest sign of a cost of living squeeze for consumers in the world’s biggest economy.Figures from America’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed consumer price index (CPI) inflation hit 6.8% last month, the biggest year-on-year surge in prices since June 1982. The reading, which was in …
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Evening Standard
Covid: £500million Plan B blow to London’s economy each month
City forecasters on Friday warned that the Plan B round of Covid restrictions ordered by Boris Johnson will hit the still fragile London economy by up to £500 million a month.Fearful business leaders have denounced the measures — which include new work from home guidance and compulsory vaccine passports for entry to nightclubs — as …
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US data giant Palantir is on a mission to seduce France’s start-ups
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Sky News
Work on controversial Cambo oil field halted after Shell pull-out
The company behind the controversial Cambo oil field has said work on the project is being paused – after oil giant Shell pulled out last week.Siccar Point, which owns 70% of the North Sea project off Shetland, said it would now “evaluate next steps”. The project has become a focal point for campaigners seeking to …
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Sky News
Boots puts for sale sign above Aromatherapy Associates
Boots is putting one of its best-known personal care brands up for sale, even as Britain’s biggest high street chemist itself faces being taken over in 2022.Sky News understands that Boots is preparing to sound out potential bidders for Aromatherapy Associates, which it bought in 2014. The deal does not involve the retailer’s other wholly …
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Value of exports from Welsh manufacturers to exceed £9bn this year
Manufacturing exporters in Wales will generate sales of £9.3bn this year, according to a new study from Barclays Corporate Banking. It also highlights that if manufacturers who don’t currently export but realise plans to do so from next year, the amount could reach £10.1bn (in today’s prices so not accounting for inflation) by 2030. The …
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Christmas Market to continue despite Plan B Covid rules
Nottingham’s outdoor Christmas Market will continue as usual despite the Government’s Plan B Covid restrictions. Nottingham City Council said the Old Market Square attraction will not be impacted despite a raft of new government measures to slow the spread of the Omicron variant. The changes include Covid passports for football stadiums, nightclubs and other venues …

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