Author: Nathan Bissitt

Practices for which some traders have been prosecuted, jailed or banned were company policy at the Swiss bank UBS, a court has heard.UBS staff were expected to take into account the bank’s commercial interests when setting the benchmark Libor rate, the High

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The UK’s four big High Street banks closed, or announced plans to shut, a total of 948 branches during 2017.The banks blamed the advance of technology, with customers turning to the internet and smartphones for day-to-day banking.However, one town in Flintshire

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Is there a link between mental health and the nation’s productivity? When Prince Harry was editing BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he asked us to look into this question.On a building site in east London, men in hard hats and hi-vis jackets are putting the

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Tobacco firm Philip Morris has placed an advertisement in some newspapers promoting its “ambition to stop selling cigarettes in the UK”.It is part of the company’s drive to achieve a “smoke-free future”.The owner of the Marlboro brand has

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Ryanair is seeking a licence to operate domestic UK air routes which it says it may need in the event of a hard Brexit.The airline said it had applied to UK regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority, (CAA) for a UK Air Operator’s Certificate.Ryanair chief

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Average rail ticket prices have risen by 3.4% across the UK, in the biggest increase to fares since 2013.Many commuters have seen their season tickets go up by more than £100, while campaigners and unions warn many people

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