Author: Nathan Bissitt

The administrator of Poundworld has announced plans to close another 80 stores with the loss of 1,024 jobs.  It’s the second time this week that Deloitte has had to take drastic action at the failed bargain retailer. On 10 July, it announced plans to close 25

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Conglomerates are supposed to be deeply unfashionable among investors. Yet one such beast has, almost silently, crept into the FTSE-100 and, as a consequence, now forms a part of the long-term savings of millions of Britons. DCC, based in Dublin, was founded in 1976,

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Struggling restaurant chain Gaucho is racing to secure a sale following a seven-figure tax demand that could trigger its collapse into administration within days. Sky News has learnt that the company, which has been trying to find new investors for weeks, has been

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Sterling sank almost 1% after US President Donald Trump said Theresa May’s Brexit plan probably killed off hope of a US-UK trade deal. The president’s remarks came out shortly after Mrs May’s government outlined Brexit plans to retain close ties to

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Chancellor Philip Hammond has defended Theresa May’s Brexit plan after the City of London Corporation lashed out at the proposals.  Writing in the Financial Times, Mr Hammond said the long-awaited white paper would allow the City to “flourish”

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Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $4.69bn (£3.6bn) to 22 women who alleged the pharmaceutical company’s talc products contain asbestos that caused cancer. A Missouri jury ruled in favour of the women after a six-week trial and awarded $550m in

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The trustees of the Presidents Club were in breach of “key charity law duties” when they hosted a black tie event at The Dorchester Hotel, a report has concluded. The controversial Presidents Club event saw women, hired through an agency, told to wear

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Donald Trump has warned Theresa May her Brexit blueprint will “kill” hopes of any future trade deal with the US. In an explosive intervention, the US president told The Sun: “If they do a deal like that, we would be dealing with the European Union

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A teddy bear offer has been abandoned amid “safety concerns” after it sparked chaos in shopping centres across the UK. Build-A-Bear launched its first ever “pay your age day”, with parents able to buy a teddy costing their child’s age in

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