Nathan Bissitt, Author at Business Ideas UK

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'Longest fall' in UK living standards looms

ByNathan BissittNovember 23, 2017

Analysis of the Budget has found families are now projected to be at the start of the longest period of disposable income decline in more than 60 years. The Resolution Foundation, a think tank which focuses on how to bolster living standards, said Philip

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Budget 2017: MPs rally round Hammond after growth gloom

ByNathan BissittNovember 23, 2017

Media playback is unsupported on your device Conservative MPs have rallied round Philip Hammond despite his Budget being overshadowed by gloomy assessments of the UK’s future growth prospects. The UK economy is forecast to expand by an average of just 1.4% a

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British Gas burned by customers as prices rise

ByNathan BissittNovember 23, 2017

Investors in the owner of British Gas have been left feeling cold after Centrica warned its earnings would take a hit from a domestic energy customer exodus. Shares in the FTSE 100 company fell 15% when trading began on Thursday. Centrica said it expected earnings per

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Multiyork collapse leaves 550 jobs at risk

ByNathan BissittNovember 23, 2017

Almost 550 jobs are at risk at the furniture manufacturer and retailer Multiyork after administrators were called in. Duff & Phelps, the business services firm, said the company’s collapse was linked to a series of headwinds from the “tough

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Broadband firms must ditch 'misleading' speed ads

ByNathan BissittNovember 23, 2017

Broadband firms will no longer be able to advertise their fast net services based on the speeds just a few customers get, from May next year.Currently ISPs are allowed to use headline speeds that only 10% of customers will actually receive.In future, adverts must be

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Christmas fraud: Mobiles and clothes top presents targeted

ByNathan BissittNovember 23, 2017

People are being urged to beware of fake products and websites in the run-up to Christmas.Offers for mobile phones, clothes, shoes and jewellery are the most likely to be fraudulent, according to the Action Fraud group. Along with City of London police, it is

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Zebras not unicorns

ByNathan BissittNovember 23, 2017

Zebras fix what unicorns break. That’s the motto of a new movement in the tech industry frustrated by Silicon Valley’s lust for so-called unicorn companies.A unicorn is a start-up valued at more than $1bn (£750m) – Facebook is a classic unicorn. The

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Valuable commodity

ByNathan BissittNovember 23, 2017

Football transfers were catapulted off the sports pages into the global media spotlight this year when Paris St-Germain broke – or rather smashed – the world record fee to snatch Brazilian star Neymar from Barcelona this summer.The French club paid an

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Chancellor challenged over stamp duty 'gimmick'

ByNathan BissittNovember 23, 2017

Philip Hammond is facing questions from Labour on his Budget stamp duty cut for first-time buyers and from Tory Eurosceptics on proposed payments to Brussels after Brexit. Labour MPs are challenging the Chancellor over claims by the Government’s own Budget

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Police alert as fraudsters target festive shoppers

ByNathan BissittNovember 22, 2017

Christmas shoppers are being warned they could become victims of fraud after a big leap in incidents during the last festive season. Shopping fraud rose by a quarter last Christmas, with most victims targeted on online marketplace sites, police have said. Victims