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The Government’s own impact assessment has estimated that the new red tape will pile an additional £5 billion of costs onto British firms every year. Under the plan, which is being fast-tracked through...
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Rachel Reeves should cut taxes rather than back Heathrow expansion if she wants to boost the economy, Ryanair’s finance chief has said. Neil Sorahan said scrapping a planned increase in airline...
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More than £250m was wiped off the value of John Wood Group after accountants found “material weaknesses and failures” in the North Sea engineering giant’s governance and financial practices. The...
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Not seen the actual report itself but a solution other than racism does suggest itself: Stopping people from working from home can be racist because bosses have unconscious prejudices against non-white...
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The British engineering giant revealed in October that CEZ, the Czech state energy company, had placed the first order for its small modular reactors (SMRs) and was taking a minority stake in the...
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An electric truck-maker that sought to rival Elon Musk’s Tesla has filed for bankruptcy in the US after its founder was sent to prison for fraud. Nikola, which developed hydrogen fuel and...
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Miah explained that Imperial was different from other lettings agencies. A company of 70 years standing, Imperial had four London offices, employing 121 people, and had sold or rented 83,000...
View ArticleVery clever – as long as no one finds out
According to technology news site The Register, HP informed its customer service team it would be changing its “interactive voice response” system this week to include a mandatory delay. Staff members...
View ArticleI’m not grasping this idea about zonal pricing
It’s the new bit thing apparently. Instead of theone national ‘leccie price we have regional ones. This solves everything. Now, I tend not to belive in omnisolutions. But I’m having a hard time...
View ArticleShe’s not very clever, is she?
The Duchess of Sussex will not be selling clothing under her new “As Ever” brand name after trademark authorities ruled it could risk “likelihood of confusion” with a Chinese clothing company. As Ever,...
View ArticleAnd now we get to the real problem with industrial policy
British steelmakers have demanded wind farm-style support from the taxpayer as the sector is hit by Donald Trump’s trade war. Trade body UK Steel urged the Government to shield manufacturers from high...
View ArticleDick the Butcher’s advice
The tribunal in south London heard Ms Toure, a French national of African origin and Muslim, started working as a customer service consultant at the Croydon office in October 2019. In March 2020, owing...
View ArticleThey’re not going to go far enough, obviously
Angela Rayner’s flagship workers’ rights package is set to be watered down over concerns that it will hinder economic growth. Ministers are considering a major change to a ban on “exploitative”...
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The fatwa the Telegraph business pages have against using me could be because of my habit of saying things like this: Ben Marlow Shameless banks are making millions from Britain’s biggest benefits...
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Millions of households could be in line for payouts from their energy supplier for faulty smart meters under new rules set out by the energy regulator. Households whose broken smart meters are not...
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This is Jurassic Park: Castlemaine Redux, a shot-for-shot remake (if you squint) of Jurassic Park, the 1993 blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg. This film’s director is John Roebuck, the man with...
View ArticleAn odd question
They’re grubbing up one of the almond orchards near here. Nut and fruit woods are sometimes used etc. So, is there any point in negotiating for some of the trunks, storing them for a few years and then...
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A mother returned from maternity leave to find her office “abandoned”, a tribunal has heard. Anna Munkevics, 38, returned to the Hereford office of Echo Personnel in May 2023 and found it “cleared...
View ArticleQuick quick, protect us!
“What we’re expecting to see is a flood of Chinese, low-quality, unsafe and tax-dodging stock being dumped into the UK,” says one senior retail chief. Our profits must be protected!The post Quick...
View ArticleNot expecting to solve this problem quickly now, are they?
The Home Office has launched a drive for landlords to house asylum seekers following a surge in Channel migrant crossings. Serco, one of three private contractors working for the Home Office, is...
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