Nathan Bissitt, Author at Business Ideas UK

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Why shops are already playing Christmas tunes

ByNathan BissittOctober 31, 2017

The other day, I was in a toy shop with my son, browsing Star Wars kits, waiting to watch a football match. All was fine with the world. Or so I thought. Because then, like a fury-stoking musical flying caribou, along came Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, bursting out

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BP back from its near-death experience

ByNathan BissittOctober 31, 2017

Before the Macondo oil spill of 2010, which claimed the job of its former chief executive Tony Hayward, BP was unquestionably the most important company in Britain. Its dividends accounted for £1 in every £6 of income received by the pension funds managing the

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Russia to build nuclear power plants in Nigeria

ByNathan BissittOctober 31, 2017

Russia has signed a deal to build two nuclear power plants in Nigeria, as Africa’s largest economy seeks to end its energy crisis.Russian state-owned company Rosatom will build one in the south, the other in the centre, sources at the Nigeria Atomic Energy

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Burberry's Christopher Bailey to leave at end of 2018

ByNathan BissittOctober 31, 2017

Burberry’s chief creative officer, Christopher Bailey, is leaving the FTSE 100 fashion firm after 17 years.It gave no explanation for the departure but said he will leave next year.Mr Bailey, 46, was chief executive of Burberry from 2014 until July, when he

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Learndirect wins last-ditch lender reprieve

ByNathan BissittOctober 31, 2017

Learndirect, the former state-owned training provider, has won a last-ditch reprieve from its lenders as it seeks to rebuild its finances in the wake of a controversial report by the education watchdog. Sky News has learnt that a syndicate including Lloyds Banking

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Kevin Spacey: Special Emmy award withdrawn after assault allegations

ByNathan BissittOctober 31, 2017

Kevin Spacey has been dropped as the recipient of a special Emmy award he was due to receive next month.The International TV Academy said in a statement that it was withdrawing the International Emmy Founders Award “in light of recent events”. It comes

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'Never make economic forecasts' – ex-forecaster

ByNathan BissittOctober 31, 2017

A warning about economic forecasts has come from a former economic forecaster, who went on to be a business minister and Paymaster General in the government.Asked about a Bank of England report suggesting up to 75,000 jobs in the financial market could be lost when

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BA cabin crew land new pay deal to end strikes

ByNathan BissittOctober 31, 2017

A costly pay dispute involving 85 days of strike action by British Airways cabin crew has been resolved. The Unite union said so-called mixed fleet crew – operating long and short-haul flights out of Heathrow – had voted “overwhelmingly” to

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One million homes still at risk from deadly tumble dryers

ByNathan BissittOctober 31, 2017

A million potentially deadly tumble dryers could still be being used in British homes, Whirlpool has admitted.The manufacturer told a government committee that it had repaired only about half of the unsafe appliances since the scandal broke in 2015.It also admitted to

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'Sod it' factor's role in eurozone recovery

ByNathan BissittOctober 31, 2017

Amid all the cacophony over Donald Trump’s presidency and the Brexit negotiations, it would be easy to ignore that this has actually been quite a good year for the global economy. This is the first year since the financial crisis that there has been synchronised