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Royal Mail halts 48-hour strike after obtaining high court injunction

13 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Communication Workers Union lawyers fail to rebuff attempt at Royal Courts of Justice to stop 19 October postal strike.

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UK factories support economy as exports start growing

13 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Britain’s manufacturers are undergoing a substantial recovery as exports and domestic orders surge, raising hopes that the industry will support the wider economy.

apprenticeship

Slump in apprenticeship starts prompts call for urgent rework of levy by business groups

13 October 201726 August 2018 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Business leaders called on the government to rethink the apprenticeship levy in its current form, after new figures showed a steep drop in apprenticeship starts since the levy was introduced.

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Brexit: EU ‘to prepare’ for future trade talks with UK

13 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

The EU is to begin preparing for its post-Brexit trade negotiations with the UK, while refusing to discuss the matter with the British government.

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Bank of England under pressure for interest rate rise after ONS error

10 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Economists say mistake helps support case for monetary policy committee to raise rates as early as next month.

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Higher food and clothing prices drives retail sales growth

10 October 201710 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Higher prices for food and clothing prices driven up by the weak pound fuelled retail sales growth last month.

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Profits rack up for FTSE 100 firms with eye on mental health

10 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

FTSE 100 businesses that used the words ‘mental health’ or ‘wellbeing’ more than twice in their annual reports last year raked in up to three times more profit than those that didn’t, researchers have found.

bae systems job cuts

BAE Systems ‘planning 1,000 job cuts’

10 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Reports link job losses at Warton factory in Preston to slowdown in production of Eurofighter Typhoon.

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Brexit is an opportunity for UK firms

10 October 201710 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Brexit should be the catalyst for Britain to put a greater focus on its small businesses, according to the UK boss of eBay.

netflix prices

Netflix raises prices for first time in two years

6 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Netflix has raised prices in countries including the UK and US for the first time in two years.

young people finances

Young people worried about their finances

6 October 201710 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

A growing number of young people are worrying about the state of their finances and want to see the Government take action to curb credit card lending.

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UK car sales slide for a sixth month amid falling consumer confidence

6 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Trade body blames Brexit uncertainty and confusion over air quality plans after sales of new diesel cars fall by more than a fifth.

consumer spending

Christmas comes early for high street retailers as Indian summer pierces the gloom

6 October 20176 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Britain’s retailers have been treated to an Indian summer of sales with the high street enjoying its best September sales for five years, according to new figures from BDO.

ryanair pilots

Ryanair boss offers pilots better pay and conditions to stay

6 October 2017 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has written to the airline’s pilots to offer them better pay and conditions.

greggs

Greggs posts steady sales growth and expects cost headwinds to ease

3 October 201726 August 2018 News Wire Business Matters 0 Comments

Greggs today posted five per cent growth in like-for-like third-quarter sales.

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