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Shares in housebuilder Vistry plunge as cost overruns hit profits

Posted by November 8, 2024

Shares in the FTSE 100 housebuilder Vistry have plunged after it issued a second profit warning in as many months and said cost overruns on building projects we

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Baby milk discount ban should be lifted, watchdog says

Posted by November 8, 2024

"We’re concerned that companies don’t compete strongly on price and many parents – who may be choosing infant formula in vulnerable circumstances and with

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NHS-branded baby formula could prevent parents paying too much, watchdog…

Posted by November 8, 2024

The government could offer its own low-cost baby formula under a brand such as the NHS to combat the high prices and lack of choice in the market, the UK compet

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Pay growth slows to near four year low – latest…

Posted by November 8, 2024

Pay growth has slowed to its lowest pace since February 2021 as bosses warn Rachel Reeves’ Budget tax raid will hit hiring.Pe

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Nissan to lay off thousands of workers as sales drop

Posted by November 8, 2024

Nissan has said it will lay off thousands of workers as it slashes global production to tackle a drop in sales in China and the US.The Japanese car making giant

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Government and business leaders come together to accelerate climate action before…

Posted by November 7, 2024

Ministers kicked off climate action before COP29 with climate-focused roundtables meetings ahead of International Sustainability Reception hosted b

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£500mn and counting: companies reckon with UK Budget costs

Posted by November 7, 2024

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Several of Britain’s largest empl

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Finally BT has a plan: rein in foreign adventures and…

Posted by November 7, 2024

It feels as if BT has been promising to simplify forever but here comes the newish chief executive, Allison Kirkby, with a plan that sounds more promising: rein

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Lincolnshire Eco Waste Shop supporting the UK’s ambitions on Net…

Posted by November 7, 2024

Added by Love Business East Midlands | 7 November 2024 Ahead of COP 29 next week, The Green Life Pantry in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, has tak

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Bank of England cuts interest rates by 0.25 points to…

Posted by November 7, 2024

The Bank of England has cut interest rates despite warning that Rachel Reeves’s budget will complicate its battle against high inflation by keeping the rate a

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Higher employers’ national insurance contributions to cost Sainsbury’s £140m and…

Posted by November 7, 2024

Measures announced in the budget will cost one of the UK's biggest supermarket chains £140m, its chief executive said. The rise in employer's nat

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House prices at record high, says UK’s biggest lender

Posted by November 7, 2024

The average price of a home in the UK is at a record high but demand could slow as a result of policies in Rachel Reeves’s budget, Britain’s biggest mortgag

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