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Somerset businesses hoping to cash-in on UK’s biggest gigafactory

Posted by October 9, 2024

AgratasThe factory will create 4,000 jobs once it is up and runningHundreds of businesses have been finding out how they can work on the UK's biggest electric c

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Boeing withdraws 30% pay rise offer to striking workers

Posted by October 9, 2024

Boeing says it has withdrawn its pay rise offer to striking workers after negotiations with union representatives reached a stalemate.The aviation giant accused

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Amount UK’s richest pay in income tax revealed

Posted by October 8, 2024

Sixty of the wealthiest people in the UK collectively contributed more than £3bn a year in income tax, the BBC has learned.The amount of income tax they paid i

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UK Dealmakers ‘Significantly more Optimistic’ about Economic Climate than Last…

Posted by October 8, 2024

Confidence among UK dealmakers is surging, according to the latest findings from CIL’s Investment 360 Index. Almost half (48%) of respondents are now positive

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Tax worries knock UK business confidence, survey shows

Posted by October 8, 2024

LONDON, - British business confidence fell in the third quarter as tax worries hit investment, according to a survey of accountants that chimes with similar co

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UK advertising watchdog cracks down on misleading broadband price ads

Posted by October 8, 2024

The UK advertising watchdog has cracked down on marketing campaigns by telecoms companies including BT, EE, Virgin Media and O2 for misleading consumers about p

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Business creating onion skin packaging to reduce waste

Posted by October 8, 2024

BBCBoxes made from onion skins are among the products being developed by HUIDA start-up business in Oban is developing eco-friendly packaging made from onion sk

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Brazil lifts ban on Elon Musk’s X after it pays…

Posted by October 8, 2024

Brazil's Supreme Court has said it is lifting a ban on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.In his decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes said

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UK annual deaths outnumbered births, ONS figures show

Posted by October 8, 2024

Deaths have outnumbered births annually in the UK for the first time in nearly 50 years, excluding the Covid pandemic, new official figures show.There were 16,3

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Reeves to press ahead with plans to borrow billions for…

Posted by October 8, 2024

Rachel Reeves is pushing ahead with plans to borrow billions of pounds extra for infrastructure investment, the Guardian has learned, despite concerns about the

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Russian spies targeting UK with Cold War-style sabotage, warns MI5…

Posted by October 8, 2024

The Cold War was characterised by repeated attempts by East and West to steal the others’ industrial and military secrets. Mr

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