Working in partnership to develop business talent The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is one of the largest and most experienced providers of higher and degree apprenticeships in the North West. The university actively engages with employers eager to develop apprenticeships to up-skill and enhance their workforce, growing their business …
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Pension providers named as the slowest at giving information to advisers have hit back at the findings of an annual survey. Each year Portafina’s annual list benchmarks the time taken by different pension schemes to provide the basic information necessary to advise clients on areas like the pension freedoms. This …
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Meghan Markle never stepped foot inside the shabby Canadian women’s refuge that she has been praised for visiting, DailyMail.com has learned. Nor did she actually meet with any of the 500 at-risk women who use the Downtown Eastside Center in one of Canada’s poorest areas. Instead the Duchess of Sussex …
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A rare, convention-breaking £1 coin featuring Edward VIII has sold for a record £1m ($1.31m). The Royal Mint said on Friday it had facilitated the sale of the rare coin, which is dated 1937 and never entered circulation. Edward VIII, the Queen’s uncle, abdicated in December 1936 to marry American …
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Die-hard Remainer academic is slammed for comparing Brexit celebrations planned for January 31 to ‘a re-enactment of Kristallnacht’ Dr Mark Berry compared Brexit celebrations to Nazi terror during Kristallnacht Comes after Khan gave green light to Leave Means Leave event in Westminster But confusion abounds as to whether Big Ben will ring …
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Questor Income Portfolio: a firm that offers a perennially popular form of family entertainment is a better bet than a delivery business struggling to reinvent itself Our replacement for Royal Mail, which we removed from our Income Portfolio in late November over fears that it would not make a success of its transition …
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Published: 12:56 Thursday 16 January 2020 A real ale fan had no alcohol for 12 months, raising almost £4,000 to support young people diagnosed with cancer. Gary Southworth decided to give up on his guilty pleasure for a year, to raise funds for gaming equipment and entertainment for …
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Nurses strike in Northern Ireland for pay parity; Zimbabwe municipal workers refuse pay offer as hospital strike continues and teachers plan walkout Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 17 January 2020 Europe Northern Ireland nurses strike over pay parity and staff shortages Northern Ireland health workers’ unions have …
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Cosy sitcoms, wildlife documentaries and a cookery contest were among the most watched TV programmes of the 2010s, new figures have revealed – proving that the big hitters of the past decade were not all celebrity or reality shows. The likes of Still Open All Hours, Blue Planet II and …
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The grandfather of tragic Chloe Wiegand was ‘unquestionably’ aware that he was dangling the toddler out of an open window before she plunged to her death from the 11th deck of a cruise ship, a new court filing alleges. Royal Caribbean says Salvatore Anello would only have had to use …
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