Nathan Bissitt, Author at Business Ideas UK

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Airport price hike for passenger collection

ByNathan BissittOctober 20, 2017

Parking charges for those picking up and dropping off passengers at some of the UK’s busiest airports have been hiked up to “eye-watering” levels, a study has found. Eight of the top 20 airports have increased tariffs this year, according to the

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Police probing controversial RBS division

ByNathan BissittOctober 20, 2017

Police in Scotland are looking into allegations a controversial division of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), set up to restore struggling companies to health, broke the law in its dealings with them. More than 90% of the firms put into RBS’ Global Restructuring

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Defence Secretary says Clyde shipyard's have 'certainty'

ByNathan BissittOctober 20, 2017

Media playback is unsupported on your device The defence secretary has claimed that no other industry has as much certainty as shipbuilding on the Clyde.Sir Michael Fallon said order books would be full until 2035, guaranteeing 20 years of work.His words follows

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Kobe Steel uncovers more evidence of quality mistakes

ByNathan BissittOctober 20, 2017

Scandal-hit Kobe Steel has found fresh evidence of mistakes with data on the quality of its products.The Japanese company said it had uncovered a new case of fake data involving steel, and had also halted some copper shipments from a plant.Kobe also said it had found

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New Great Western Railway trains fixed after software upgrade

ByNathan BissittOctober 20, 2017

New trains which were taken out of service after problems hampered their first days in use, have been fixed.They were stopped on Wednesday with issues including water leaking from air conditioning systems on to commuters.On Monday, the first of the four Intercity

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London's stock market enjoys a positive spell

ByNathan BissittOctober 20, 2017

Well, soon you will have the opportunity to do so, as Cabot Credit Management, the UK’s largest, has announced it plans to float on the stock market. The IPO, which is expected to take place some time during November, will value the company – currently

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Uber hails ex-Ofcom boss for London appeal

ByNathan BissittOctober 20, 2017

A former chief executive of Ofcom, the media regulator, is being drafted in by Uber to aid its appeal against a ban that could force it to pull out of London. Sky News has learnt that Flint Global, a consulting firm jointly founded by Ed Richards, who ran Ofcom until

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Remittances are a 'lifesaver' for many Liberians

ByNathan BissittOctober 20, 2017

As a result of the Ebola virus and a fall in commodity prices, Liberia’s economy has not grown at all since 2014. But one in-flow of money that has not been affected is remittances. For Africa Business Report, the BBC’s Tamasin Ford reports from the

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Disasters to cost global insurers $95bn

ByNathan BissittOctober 20, 2017

Insurers are expected to take a total hit of $95bn (£72bn) as a result of a hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and earthquakes in Mexico, according to the world’s second largest reinsurer Swiss Re. The Zurich-based business put its own claims burden from the

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Google offers hackers $1,000 to hack its apps

ByNathan BissittOctober 20, 2017

Google is offering security researchers a $1,000 (£760) bounty if they can successfully hack apps on its Play Store and help fix them. Bug bounty programmes are a popular way for companies to reward hackers who find vulnerabilities in their software and disclose them