By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:01 EDT, 17 June 2024 Labour’s first major corporate challenge, if and when it takes office, is what to do about the Royal Mail. Other industrial hot potatoes, such as the future of Tata-owned Port Talbot and Thames Water, also lie in …
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By This Is Money Updated: 12:12 EDT, 17 June 2024 The FTSE 100 closed down 4.71 points at 8142.15. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Kingfisher, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, and Shawbrook Bank. Read the Monday 17 June Business Live blog below. > If you are using our …
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By Emily Hawkins Updated: 02:38 EDT, 17 June 2024 British manufacturers’ confidence is at its highest level in a decade as businesses hail ‘concrete signs’ of an economic turnaround. A closely watched survey of firms has revealed a rebound in companies’ hopes about their growth prospects. Both output and orders …
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We are slowly edging towards the General Election. For most people, the campaigning has been stultifyingly boring – a reflection of the fact that a Labour victory on July 4 is now considered a dead cert – and not even the release in recent days of the manifestos by the …
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By John Abiona Updated: 07:21 EDT, 16 June 2024 Cutting back: Customers have reined in their spending on expensive handbags Michael Kors saw its UK sales plunge sharply last year as customers reined in their spending on expensive handbags and clothes. The US brand, which was set up in 1981, …
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The familiar red, Royal Mail pillar box at the corner of my street on the fringes of Richmond Park in South-West London features the cypher of Edward VII. Across the country there are still postboxes from Queen Victoria’s reign, which carry the letters VR — which stands for Victoria Regina. …
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By Jon Hopkins Updated: 21:51, 14 June 2024 As Euro 2024 started in Germany last night, it was not just the football that was taking a kicking. Stocks across the region were also getting booted around the park, most notably those on the Paris bourse amid political uncertainty in France. …
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By Harry Wise Updated: 11:56 EDT, 14 June 2024 Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Tesco, Crest Nicholson, MP Evans and Keywords Studios. Read the Friday 14 June Business Live blog below. > If you are using our app or a third-party site click here to …
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By Jessica Clark Updated: 17:03 EDT, 13 June 2024 Labour has vowed to ‘robustly scrutinise’ the Royal Mail takeover and give workers a ‘stronger voice’ in a pre-election pledge that throws the deal into doubt. In its manifesto, Sir Keir Starmer’s party promised to look into the proposed £3.6billion sale …
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By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:18 EDT, 13 June 2024 At last, the political silence has been broken. Labour’s manifesto promises that the proposed £3.6billion takeover of the Royal Mail by ‘Czech Sphinx’ Daniel Kretinsky and lesser-known business associates will be properly scrutinised. Someone has been listening …
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