BT and Royal Mail ask Government to prioritise their engineers and postal workers for Covid vaccinations after most vulnerable have had their jabs By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51, 9 January 2021 On the frontline: The Communication Workers Union has called for …
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BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE slips as US stimulus threatened with veto; British Land does deal with Allianz; Marston’s to operate 156 Brains’ pubs By This Is Money Published: 08:19, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 15:40, 23 December 2020 The FTSE is expected to head lower this morning as uncertainty over …
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Vauxhall in talks about producing electric vans in Britain following calls from some of the country’s biggest fleet operators By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 22:37, 18 December 2020 Vauxhall is in talks about producing electric vans in Britain after calls from …
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The outlook for jobs in Britain is worst than in any other country in Europe and beyond, fresh data has revealed as the pandemic continues to hit people’s pockets and prospects. Jobs in hospitality and retail continue to be hammered by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic as sporadic lockdown …
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STOCKS TO WATCH: Ex-Aston Martin boss doesn’t look back in anger after car crash flotation By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50, 21 November 2020 Aston Martin’s car crash 2018 flotation was a black mark in the City and a sore spot …
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The FTSE 100 started the week with a bang after another Covid vaccine announcement gave shares a shot in the arm. Stock markets across the world rallied after US company Moderna said its potential coronavirus vaccine was nearly 95pc effective. On the London Stock Exchange many of the companies hit …
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Royal Mail set to post a first-half loss of £65m with the pandemic worsening a drop in letter volumes It comes despite a predicted 8% rise in revenues to £5.6bn Covid-19 has prompted a rise in parcel sending with more internet shopping The company taking on 33,000 temporary staff to …
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Investors were given another shot of good news from Astrazeneca on the eve of its third-quarter figures. A definitive result from in-depth trials of its potential Covid-19 vaccine could be available by the end of this year, says the trial’s chief investigator Andrew Pollard. His comments come days after Britain’s …
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BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE 100 slips; HSBC earnings tumble; BP returns to profit; Revolution Bars launches CVA By This Is Money Published: 08:09, 27 October 2020 | Updated: 09:53, 27 October 2020 HSBC’s profits tumbled 35 per cent in the last quarter as the bank signalled it would embark on a …
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Countrywide investors clash over estate agent’s planned rescue by private equity firm By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:56, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 22:26, 22 October 2020 Britain’s biggest estate agency is at the centre of a furious row as shareholders clash over its future. Countrywide said …
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