People working from home are facing “clear disruption” to internet services as thousands of BT workers vote this week to go on strike. As many as 45,000 engineers and call centre staff will decide whether to begin industrial action in as little as two weeks’ time. This makes up the …
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London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.5% at 7,257.43 in afternoon trade on Monday. Vodafone and BT Group rallied after private equity firm KKR made a $12bn takeover approach to Telecom Italia. Neil Wilson, chief market analyst at Markets.com, said: “There has been a lot of speculation about a possible takeover …
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