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Britain is stuck in the global growth slow lane as Boris Johnson shows caution in ending lockdown. But the FTSE is a winner from the jet-fuelled Chinese investment in infrastructure.
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The bank had hoped to recover some of the nearly $900m it erroneously wired in August.
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The chief executive's 2020 package - his biggest yet - is up to £15.4m from £15.3m the previous year. It comes after his decision to join forces with Oxford University to produce a Covid-19 vaccine.
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BHP will pay shareholders a record half-year dividend of 72p per share after a rally in iron ore prices helped profits rise 17 per cent to £7bn. It means the company, will hand out £3.7bn in total.
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Last week the currency climbed after Elon Musk's (pictured) Tesla invested £1.1bn in bitcoin, while the oldest bank in the US, BNY Mellon, confirmed it would invest for the first time.
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The British company, which is among the contractors behind NHS Test and Trace, said its takeover of Whitney, Bradley & Brown could open the door to the Pentagon.
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Activist Gina Miller calls for investigation into Woodford funds collapse and response.
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Downing Street rules out requirements for proof of vaccination but says ‘up to businesses’ over what rules to introduce
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Sale by Peter Hargreaves, a self-made billionaire and divisive figure, amounts to a sixth of his holding Peter Hargreaves, the self-made billionaire who co-founded
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Move expected to hit 2.3 million customers who use standard gas and electricity tariff Millions of British Gas customers will be asked to pay almost £100 a year more for their gas and electricity after the regulator lifted its cap on energy bills. The UK’s biggest energy supplier confirmed that it would raise the price of its standard variable energy tariff by £97 a year,
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Ivan Glasenberg, who will step down after 20 years, reinstates dividend after strong finish to 2020 Mining veteran Ivan Glasenberg delivered his final financial results as chief executive of Glencore by reinstating a dividend of $1.6bn (£1.15bn) for shareholders, despite reporting a net loss of $1.9bn for last year. Glasenberg will step down after 20 years as boss of the mining firm this June after a difficult 2020 in which Glencore was forced to scrap its $2.1bn dividend in August and write down the value of its assets by $5.9bn.
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Trade union body says Mathias Cormann would set back fight against poverty and the climate crisis The TUC has urged the UK foreign secretary to reject
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Israeli company Kanabo sees shares almost quadruple as it raises £6m for insomnia treatment Shares in a medicinal cannabis company, dubbed “the cannabis Nespresso”, almost quadrupled in value on their trading debut on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday as investors scrambled to buy into the “wellness weed” market. Kanabo, an Israeli company that makes vaporised marijuana pods, saw its shares rise more than 292% to close at 18.5p. The shares, which launched at 4.75p, hit a high of 20.5p earlier in the day.
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Almost 30,000 pubs will remain shut if rumoured plans for an Easter Weekend re-opening are enacted, says trade body
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The Israeli company said it would invest about £66million and create around 200 jobs advancing its electric vehicle platform technology over the next few years at its facility.
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Holiday firms say they are ‘united in outrage’ at Grant Shapps’s warning against booking travel, as Heathrow calls for some flights to be cancelled if queues build up
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Since stock markets plunged last March, an index of the biggest companies in emerging markets has outperformed US companies by close to 17 per cent.
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The digital currency has gained 72% so far in a volatile 2021.
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Extending the stamp duty holiday by six weeks - a move chancellor Rishi Sunak is said to be considering - would save home buyers in England a further £1bn, according to new predictions.
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The hikes are capped at a £6 a month rise, which will affect 8% of customers, the average increase comes in at around £3 per month, or £36 a year.
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British Gas is the first of the big energy firms to announce it will be hiking its prices as of April, following the price cap announcement.
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Mohammed Zina and his brother Suhail, who worked at Clifford Chance, face six charges Two brothers who worked at Goldman Sachs and leading City law firm Clifford Chance have appeared in court charged with insider dealing and fraud. Mohammed Zina, 32, who worked as an analyst at Goldman Sachs, and his brother Suhail Zina, 33, who worked as a solicitor at Clifford Chance, appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday charged with six offences of insider dealing and three offences of fraud by false representation.
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The houses include hydrogen appliances such as boilers, hobs, cookers and fires that release no carbon emissions - giving a glimpse into the potential home of the future.
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Asda has new owners - but they are borrowing £4bn to finance the deal. Will the debt burden be too great?
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Move ‘could reduce consumer choice, increase fees or lower innovation in the supply of platforms that allow people to buy and sell goods online’, says Competition and Markets Authority
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Competition watchdog fears sale of marketplace Gumtree by eBay to owner of Shpock could raise prices.
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Trade body says many pubs cannot use outdoor area if Covid restrictions on indoor movement persist
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Move ‘could reduce consumer choice, increase fees or lower innovation in the supply of platforms that allow people to buy and sell goods online’, says Competition and Markets Authority
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Project could attract £2bn in investment and create thousands of jobs
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The Royal Mint has kicked off its latest commemorative coin collection featuring characters from children's books with the launch of a £5 piece picturing Mr Happy from the Mr Men.
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The competition watchdog fears the sale of Gumtree by eBay to the owner of Shpock could lead to higher prices.
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Boris Johnson suggests testing clubbers and theatregoers to reopen venues that have been closed since March.
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Company follows Deliveroo and Moonpig in stock market debut after Covid crisis drives spending online Virgin Wines is to float on the London Stock Exchange next month with a valuation of about £100m as the Covid-19 pandemic increases demand for its home delivery business model. The company, bought out of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin group in 2005, mostly sells wine through its WineBank and Wine Plan subscription schemes, but also on a pay-as-you-go basis. It has 169,000 active customers, of which 147,000 are members of its subscription schemes.
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In London the FTSE 100 finished up 166.32 points at 6756.11 - the highest level for six weeks but still 14 per cent below the record levels of 2018. At the same time the FTSE 250 climbed 381.43 points.
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First Direct has brought back its £100 switching bonus for newcomers as the bank looks to snap up current account customers after closing to new applicants for a large portion of last year.
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Covid has put paid to traditional auctions - so for the last year, budding buyers have been going online in search of a property bargain instead.
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Continued support needed as economy recovers, says think tank
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Many customers are not getting their money back despite pledges by the Competition & Markets Authority
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says rich countries should not be allowed to vaccinate their people as poorer countries wait.
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One in 20 private renters say they have been refused rent reductions, a report says.
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Government urged to use law review to remove obstacles for people keen to stop betting The government should force banks to let customers block all betting transactions, according to proposals led by the online lender Monzo, which wants gambling firms to hand over data to make sure the system is watertight. In a letter to the sports minister, Nigel Huddleston, who is leading a
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Tory MP John Penrose said ministers needed to update UK’s consumer institutions to reflect digital economy
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Government says two properties in Gateshead will offer public a glimpse of the ‘potential home of the future’ The UK’s first homes to be fitted with boilers and hobs that run on hydrogen rather than fossil fuel gas will be built in Gateshead by April. The semi-detached houses in the north-east will use 100% hydrogen for heating and cooking in appliances including boilers, hobs, cookers and fires under a new government scheme intended to offer the public a glimpse into “the potential home of the future”.
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