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Real Living Wage rise takes effect ahead of predicted spike in inflation
More than 300,000 workers are set to receive a pay rise after higher rates were announced for the Real Living Wage, the voluntary rate paid by thousands of employers.The Living Wage Foundation, which sets the rates, said the new hourly rate would be £11.05 in London and £9.90 outside the capital. They amount to increases …
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US-based Sun Communities in £900m swoop on staycations giant Park Holidays
A US-listed real estate investment trust has won a hotly contested auction of one of Britain’s biggest holiday resort operators in a knockout deal that underlines the sector’s post-pandemic boom.Sky News has learnt that Sun Communities has agreed to pay in the region of £900m for Park Holidays, which owns more than 30 sites in …
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‘Young pretender’ KOMI Group targets social publishing giants as headcount and revenue set to double
A “young pretender” to social publishers such as LadBible and UniLad is on course to double its headcount and revenue in 2022 as it gears up for “scalable growth”. Ancoats firm KOMI Group was established in 2016 by Andrew Trotman, Ryan Williams and Matt Thomas after first connecting through direct messages on Twitter. The company …
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Tory peer Cruddas plots £800m break-up of financial markets firm CMC
Lord Cruddas, the Conservative peer, is exploring a surprise break-up of CMC Markets, the financial spread-betting firm he founded 32 years ago, into two separately listed companies.Sky News has learnt that the board of CMC could announce within days that it has begun work on the potential split. City sources said this weekend that if …
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Construction specialist Merit appointed to £66m pioneering pharma facility
A Cramlington construction pioneer has been appointed to a £66m project to create a facility driving forward next generation cancer treatments. Offsite construction firm Merit, a former North East Company of the Year, has been appointed as the main contractor for the construction of the UK’s first CAR-T cell manufacturing facility in Stevenage. Autolus Therapeutics, …
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Business Weekly
AstraZeneca builds back bolder with new vaccines business
While analysts fixated on the figures, Cambridge’s A-list Big Biotech AstraZeneca unveiled a panoramic vision for global growth that will result in the creation of a new vaccine business, enhanced cash generation from selling its Covid-19 jabs to countries who can afford to pay and fresh initiatives to leverage a stunning portfolio. Unveiling its year-to-date …
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Arriva Cymru bus driver strike will start on Sunday after last ditch talks collapsed
A five week strike by Arriva Cymru bus drivers will start on Sunday after last ditch talks collapsed this evening without a deal. Arriva Cymru (Buses Wales) expressed disappointment as it confirmed the action will halt all but a handful of services in North Wales and Chester. The Arriva Midlands services 2, 2A and 2C …
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Morrisons backs ‘seaweed for cattle’ trial in push to cut emissions
Supermarket chain Morrisons is backing a trial which will see cattle on British and Irish farms fed seaweed as part of a project aimed at cutting their methane emissions by almost a third. The trial, which is being led by academics from Queen’s University, Belfast, will involve seaweed harvested from the Irish and North seas …
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From zero to £4bn turnover in 15 years: the rise of Vertu Motors
“All bad things are a blessing in disguise, I find,” Robert Forrester says. “Out of challenging times come better times.” He would know. In 2006 he was busy turning redundancy into what would become a multi-billion turnover, North East headquartered Plc, employing thousands of people. He had been financial director of Reg Vardy during its …
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Evening Standard
UK Hospitality warns industry ‘in peril’ as latest data shows sales still well short of pre-Covid levels
Britain’s pubs, bars and restaurants have still not returned to pre-Covid trading despite restrictions easing, new data has revealed. The latest quarterly tracker from industry analysts CGA and trade body UKHospitality found that hospitality business revenues were still down 10% on 2019 levels in the three months to end September. The sector produced revenues of …
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HS2 extension to Leeds could be mothballed as rail review published next week
A long-awaited plan for railways in the Midlands and north of England will be published next week that could see the eastern extension of HS2 from Birmingham to Leeds mothballed.Regional political leaders are anticipating publication of the government’s integrated rail review for the Midlands and north imminently, with many braced for delays to key rail …
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Sensata Technologies planning £16.5M hybrid working R&D site outside Belfast
US sensor manufacturer Sensata Technologies is planning to build a £16.5 million research and development site outside Belfast to accommodate its hybrid workforce. The company has launched a pre-application community consultation as part of the planning process for the Newtownabbey development at Global Point Business Park and appointed construction company JH Turkington. Sensata, which bought …

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