On the night of October 20, 1816, a Royal Mail coach stopped to make a delivery at an inn near the cathedral city of Salisbury, in the English county of Wiltshire, where it was attacked by a lion. The lion, a female, leapt at the lead carriage horse, clawing its …
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Royal expert Penny Junor has questioned whether Harry and Meghan ‘colluded’ with the Finding Freedom authors and says the couple would have ‘kicked up a fuss’ about the book had they not been involved. The controversial biography written by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand was released today and raised eyebrows …
Read More »An American private equity firm is making its biggest bet yet on the British economy by taking over a company that is among those delivering online acquisitions to people staying at home during the pandemic. Advent is paying €1 billion for a 75 per cent stake in the UK operations …
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The UK today recorded its highest number of new coronavirus cases in seven weeks with 1,148 infections and a further 102 deaths across the country. The total number of cases today reached 312,789 after the largest rise since June 21, when there were 1,221 new cases. The total number of …
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Airbus, Royal Mail, Swissport, HSBC, Centrica and the Restaurant Group were among the businesses to announce redundancy plans in June. Source link
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were ‘forced to let go’ of Archie’s night nurse during her second shift with the couple ‘for being unprofessional’, their bombshell new biography Finding Freedom claims. The book, out today and co-authored by journalists Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, claims the Duke, 35, and Duchess …
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“With further rises in unemployment in the coming months all but inevitable as the furlough scheme unwinds, this is just the lull before the storm,” said Ruth Gregory, senior UK economist at Capital Economics. Constant job losses One in three British companies plans to axe staff before the end of …
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London’s FTSE 250 was up 1.4% at 17,964.71 in afternoon trade on Tuesday. Cineworld surged, with traders pointing to speculation the company may be taken private by its founder. The shares had already rallied on Monday on takeover speculation after a US judge granted the government’s request to end the …
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Otto Group is entering into a partnership in the parcel delivery sector in order to develop further growth potential. An agreement has been signed with Advent International to acquire a 75% stake in Hermes UK and 25% stake in Hermes Germany, subject to approval by the boards and relevant antitrust …
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DEBENHAMS is planning on cutting 2,500 jobs as the department store chain battles to survive on the UK high street. The jobs cull marks the latest blow for the department store chain after it fell into administration for the second time in 12 months earlier this year. 1 Debenhams has …
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