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August Graham
Politics
Fact check: Pensioner poverty dropped under the last Labour government
The number of married pensioners living in poverty fell from 22% in 2005, when Labour last won a general election, to 14% in 2010.
By
August Graham
29 May 2024
Business News
888 hopes to ‘make life more interesting’ as it plans to change name to evoke
The gambling giant is to ask shareholders for approval of the name change later this year.
By
August Graham
26 Mar 2024
Business News
Potential spikes in steel prices could endanger offshore wind projects – report
Tata Steel is planning to shut its furnaces in Port Talbot, Wales.
By
August Graham
26 Mar 2024
Business News
Government reduces stake in NatWest to below 30%
The Treasury hopes it can sell its last shares in the bank formerly known as RBS by early 2026.
By
August Graham
25 Mar 2024
Business News
South West Water owner delays environmental performance rating target
Pennon thinks it will take until 2025, a year later than planned, to get a four-star rating from the Environment Agency.
By
August Graham
25 Mar 2024
Business News
Direct Line shares slump after potential suitor Ageas pulls out
Ageas said on Friday evening it did not plan to go ahead with a potential takeover.
By
August Graham
25 Mar 2024
Business News
Firm behind Ted Baker appointed administrators
Teneo, which has been appointed as administrator of No Ordinary Designer Label Limited, said that the company runs 46 Ted Baker stores in the UK.
By
August Graham
22 Mar 2024
Business News
Insurer LV= turns from loss into profit as it keeps costs under control
The former friendly society said it had seen pre-tax profit hit £107 million in the year to the end of December.
By
August Graham
22 Mar 2024
Business News
Retail sales remain flat in February as poor weather hits food shopping
Southern England experienced its wettest February on record last month.
By
August Graham
22 Mar 2024
Business News
Southend Airport owner Esken enters administration
The administration is unlikely to impact the airport’s future, as it is being transferred to private equity investor Carlyle.
By
August Graham
21 Mar 2024
Politics
Bank likely to start cutting rates in June, economists say
Markets now see interest rates likely to be set at around 5% in the June meeting.
By
August Graham
21 Mar 2024
Business News
Economists expect rates to hold on Thursday despite fall in inflation
The inflation rate dropped slightly faster than expected in February, hitting 3.4% during the month, the lowest for two and a half years.
By
August Graham
21 Mar 2024
Business News
European luxury downturn weighs on FTSE 100
Shares in the FTSE 100 closed down slightly on Wednesday.
By
August Graham
20 Mar 2024
Business News
Economists expect rates to hold on Thursday despite fall in inflation
The inflation rate dropped slightly faster than expected in February, hitting 3.4% during the month, the lowest for two and a half years.
By
August Graham
20 Mar 2024
Business News
Johnson Matthey agrees £550m deal to sell business unit
The unit has manufacturing sites in the US, Mexico, and Australia.
By
August Graham
20 Mar 2024
Business News
Close to 1,000 jobs at risk as Ted Baker set to call in administrators
Ted Baker’s owner Authentic Brands Group said that the business had built up ‘a significant level of arrears’.
By
August Graham
20 Mar 2024
Business News
Ofcom to probe provider for disruption in access to 999 calls
Vonage, a subsidiary of Sweden’s Ericsson, was fined in 2018 for a similar problem.
By
August Graham
20 Mar 2024
Business News
Hundreds of jobs at risk as Ted Baker set to call in administrators
Authentic Brands Group bought Ted Baker in 2022.
By
August Graham
19 Mar 2024
Business News
AstraZeneca buys Canadian cancer treatment firm for close to £2bn
Fusion Pharmaceuticals uses a chemical element which helps target and kill cancer cells while minimising damage to surrounding healthy cells.
By
August Graham
19 Mar 2024
Business News
Extra £58bn funding for grid needed, report claims
The expansion of the UK’s grid will need to be the biggest since the supergrid roll-out of the 1950s to meet demand, a report said.
By
August Graham
19 Mar 2024
Business News
FTSE records small drop in quiet day for London trading
The FTSE 100 fell 4.87 points to 7,722.55 on Monday.
By
August Graham
18 Mar 2024
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