Nathan Bissitt, Author at Business Ideas UK

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UK workers 'shouldn't expect pay rise in 2018'

ByNathan BissittDecember 27, 2017

Workers in the UK are facing the prospect of another year without a pay rise, a think-tank has warned. The Resolution Foundation (RF) said it was expecting zero growth in real wages over the course of 2018 as a whole. The pay squeeze which saw real wages fall back in

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Bitcoin: Would you want to get paid in cryptocurrency?

ByNathan BissittDecember 27, 2017

Bitcoin. Lots of people are talking about, but very few own it. So how would you feel about getting paid in the high profile cryptocurrency? From early next year, staff at Japanese internet firm GMO Group will be among the latest to find out how that feels.More than

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Bitcoin: charting a crazy 2017

ByNathan BissittDecember 27, 2017

Bitcoin has had an interesting 2017 with some steep rises – and falls – in value.Many see it as a mere speculative financial instrument rather than a genuine digital currency, but should we now take it seriously?The BBC’s Asia business correspondent

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'Zero real wage growth' forecast for 2018

ByNathan BissittDecember 27, 2017

The UK’s pay squeeze will end next year, but a meaningful pay rise remains out of sight, an influential research group has warned. The Resolution Foundation, which campaigns for fair pay, predicted inflation would no longer outpace wage growth by the end of

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Generational challenge

ByNathan BissittDecember 27, 2017

The rumours that swirled around the American east coast city of Baltimore in 1895 were grossly inaccurate. The word on the street was that the Loane family business had shut. So Javez Loane, who at the time ran the business that made sails, window awnings, tents,

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The path to curing the deadliest diseases

ByNathan BissittDecember 27, 2017

Advances in medicine and technology mean our understanding of the human genome is advancing rapidly.Scientists, and increasingly businesses, are using this knowledge in the hope it will provide a wide range of medical solutions for some of the most devastating

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Tesco faces anger over 'rancid' turkeys

ByNathan BissittDecember 26, 2017

Tesco is facing a festive backlash after it was hit with a series of complaints from customers that their Christmas meals were ruined by “rancid” turkeys that had to be thrown straight into the bin. Britain’s biggest supermarket apologised to

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Quieter stores for Boxing Day shopping

ByNathan BissittDecember 26, 2017

Retailers saw a quieter than expected start to the post-Christmas sales as footfall declined, according to a snapshot of high street and shopping centre visits across the country. Footfall up to 5pm on Boxing Day was down 4.5% on the same period last year, according

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Shoppers stay home for Boxing Day sales

ByNathan BissittDecember 26, 2017

Fewer people have hit the UK’s Boxing Day sales this year as Black Friday discounts and savvy online shoppers lowered turnout. Shop visits dropped by 4.5% up to 5pm compared with last year, according to research group Springboard.Shopping centres and High

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UK cotton back in production in Manchester

ByNathan BissittDecember 26, 2017

Long before Manchester had football, it had cotton. The city and surrounding region was built on the success of spinning and sewing during the industrial revolution, giving rise to its catchy nickname, Cottonopolis. But as production slowed, moved off shore and we