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Too many smart meters are broken, Martin Lewis tells Ed Miliband
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Junior doctors will strike again ‘if we need to’ – BMA
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.More strikes by junior doctors are not off the table in the future, a leading medic has said.It comes as junior doctors …
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Paddy Power owner Flutter buys Playtech’s Italian subsidiary
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.Betting giant Flutter Entertainment has agreed to buy Snaitech, the Italian subsidiary of UK-listed Playtech, for 2.3 billion euros (£1.94 billion).Flutter, which …
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Flexible working laws could reduce regional inequality, Business Secretary says
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.Flexible working laws could reduce regional inequality and contribute to productivity, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said, as he criticised the Conservative Party …
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Oil and gas sector has made ‘significant progress’ on emissions – industry body
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Starling Bank and Beauty Pie top list of ‘women-powered’ UK firms
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Deliveroo boss Will Shu sells £14.8m of shares
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Charity donations from FTSE 100 firms ‘have not keep pace with profits’
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UK convenes nations for talks on global cybersecurity
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Foreign investors dominate private equity funding of UK firms, data shows
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Pizza giant Domino’s to hire 5,000 extra staff ahead of peak trading season
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.Pizza giant Domino’s has said it will hire an extra 5,000 people across the UK and Ireland in the coming months.The London-listed …
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Octopus boss: Energy firms should give cash to people losing winter fuel payment
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