Nathan Bissitt, Author at Business Ideas UK

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Ban pension cold-calling now, MPs demand

ByNathan BissittDecember 11, 2017

Pensions cold calling must be banned next year to prevent people being “avoidably conned out of their life savings”, MPs have warned. The Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee said the scale of the scamming was likely to be grossly underestimated by

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Brexit: David Davis wants 'Canada plus plus plus' trade deal

ByNathan BissittDecember 10, 2017

Media playback is unsupported on your device Brexit Secretary David Davis says the UK wants to secure a free-trade deal with no tariffs when it leaves the EU.He described it as “Canada plus plus plus” – a reference to the free trade deal struck

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Qatar buys 24 Eurofighter Typhoon jets in £6bn deal

ByNathan BissittDecember 10, 2017

A £6bn deal to sell Eurofighter Typhoons to Qatar will help safeguard thousands of UK jobs.BAE Systems employs about 5,000 people in the UK to build the fighter jets, mainly at Warton in Lancashire.Qatar’s purchase of 24 jets includes a support and training

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Pensions lifeboat could sink Toys R Us revamp

ByNathan BissittDecember 10, 2017

The UK’s pensions lifeboat is weighing whether to reject a restructuring proposal for Toys R Us’s British operations amid questions about a big loan write-off and bonuses awarded to company bosses. Sky News has learnt that the pension trustees of Toys R‎

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PM to hail Brexit 'optimism' as talks loom

ByNathan BissittDecember 10, 2017

Theresa May will hail a “new sense of optimism” in the Brexit negotiations, as she updates MPs for the first time since striking a deal with Brussels. The Prime Minister will use her speech in the Commons on Monday to say she “fully hopes and

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Max Clifford dies in hospital aged 74

ByNathan BissittDecember 10, 2017

Disgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital, aged 74, after collapsing in prison.Clifford collapsed in his cell at Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire on Thursday and again on Friday, his daughter said. He was taken to hospital where he suffered a

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Two-year degrees to lower tuition fees

ByNathan BissittDecember 10, 2017

Students in England are going to be offered degrees in two years with a £5,500 saving in tuition fees, says the universities minister Jo Johnson.Undergraduate courses will be condensed into “accelerated” degrees, with fees 20% less than a three-year

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Apple 'to buy Shazam for $400m'

ByNathan BissittDecember 10, 2017

Apple is close to buying the music recognition app Shazam for about $400m (£300m), media reports say.Shazam, a UK company founded in 1999, allows people to use their smartphone or computer to identify and buy music through a snippet of sound.Shazam, which says it has

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Paint and sip

ByNathan BissittDecember 10, 2017

More and more of us are attending so called “sip and paint” classes, where you learn to paint while enjoying a drink (or two). But can you hone your skills while under the influence of alcohol?It’s Thursday night and instead of catching up with

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CQC hands Four Seasons debt crisis deadline

ByNathan BissittDecember 9, 2017

Health watchdogs have handed Britain’s biggest care-home operator a 48-hour deadline to resolve a £26m interest payment that has become a focal point for doubts about the company’s future. Sky News has learnt that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told