Nathan Bissitt, Author at Business Ideas UK

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Fraudsters jailed for £107m 'cynical' green tax scam

ByNathan BissittNovember 10, 2017

Six men who orchestrated an “audacious and cynical” tax fraud have been jailed for between 11 years and 20 months.They persuaded wealthy people to invest in environmental projects in exchange for tax breaks, but then used the money to fund lavish

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FTSE 100 slides to a six-week low

ByNathan BissittNovember 10, 2017

The UK market has ended the week at its lowest level for six weeks as retail shares continued to lose ground.By the end of the day, the benchmark FTSE 100 share index had lost 51.11 points at 7,432,99.Retail distribution group Bunzl was the biggest faller in the

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Uber loses court appeal against drivers' rights

ByNathan BissittNovember 10, 2017

Media playback is unsupported on your device Taxi-hailing app firm Uber has lost an appeal against a ruling that its drivers should be treated as workers rather than self-employed.Last year a tribunal ruled drivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam were Uber staff and

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Savings: More banks fail to pass on rate rise in full

ByNathan BissittNovember 10, 2017

Three more banks have failed to pass on the full rise in base rates to savers, despite pleas from Number 10 and the Bank of England.Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest and Tesco Bank have announced their savings rates will rise by 0.2% or less.That is despite last

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Theatre firm puts Crozier in director's chair

ByNathan BissittNovember 10, 2017

The theatre producer behind hit shows including the Lion King and Les Miserables‎ is lining up the former ITV boss Adam Crozier as its new chairman. Sky News has learnt that Amsterdam-based Stage Entertainment is in talks to appoint Mr Crozier to the role in a move

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LSE shareholders win vote on chairman's future

ByNathan BissittNovember 10, 2017

Shareholders in the London Stock Exchange (LSE) will vote on whether to eject its chairman and keep its chief executive following investor pressure.The LSE confirmed it would hold an extraordinary general meeting following a request from The Children’s

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New easyJet boss named as McCall takes flight

ByNathan BissittNovember 10, 2017

EasyJet has appointed Johan Lundgren to succeed Carolyn McCall as the airline’s chief executive, ahead of her looming departure to ITV. The company said the travel sector veteran – a former deputy chief executive at TUI – will take the controls on 1

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Musical.ly lip-syncing app acquired for up to $1bn

ByNathan BissittNovember 10, 2017

Musical.ly, a lip-syncing app popular with young people, has been sold to Chinese tech giant Bytedance in a deal worth up to $1bn (£750m).Shanghai-based Musical.ly, founded three years ago, claims over 60 million monthly active users.It’s the first Chinese

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Bakkavor hummus maker changes mind over stock market listing

ByNathan BissittNovember 10, 2017

Food processor Bakkavor, the UK’s biggest hummus maker, has decided it will list its shares on the UK stock market after all.Last Friday, the firm, which supplies a range of foods to UK supermarkets, said it would abandon listing plans as the market was

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Nathan Crombie & Wai Lam – Prokil Brighton

ByNathan BissittNovember 10, 2017

Can you tell us a little about your working background? Myself (Nathan Crombie) and Wai both come from retail industry back grounds and have previously been retail store managers for ten years plus. Wai was a store manager for Curry’s, Argos, Iceland and a Department head