Nathan Bissitt, Author at Business Ideas UK

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Liberum on pole for £250m Codemasters float

ByNathan BissittJanuary 23, 2018

The publisher of Formula One’s official series of video games is lining up City bankers to help launch a £250m-plus stock market flotation. Sky News has learnt that the Indian owners of Codemasters are close to appointing Liberum, the investment bank, to oversee

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What are the most profitable franchises in the UK?

ByNathan BissittJanuary 23, 2018

The most profitable franchises in the UK Some of the best-known brands on Britain’s high streets are franchises. From food and drink to health and fitness, franchises are slowly taking over our towns and cities. If you’re considering starting a franchise of your own,

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Who Founded the Subway Sandwich Franchise?

ByNathan BissittJanuary 23, 2018

Who owns the Subway franchise? One of the fastest growing franchises in the world, Subway has gone from being a local neighbourhood sandwich shop to a global food giant in just 50 years. Today, the franchise has a staggering 44,000 branches around the world,

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Grid squares up for Hinkley fight with Ofgem

ByNathan BissittJanuary 23, 2018

As if the new Hinkley Point ‘C’ nuclear power station being built at Somerset were not already controversial enough, it now looks like becoming the centre of a row between National Grid and Ofgem, the energy industry regulator. The power plant,

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Pound tops $1.40 for first time since Brexit vote

ByNathan BissittJanuary 23, 2018

The pound has climbed to $1.40 against the US dollar as it reached a fresh post-Brexit vote high. It came as sterling continued to rally thanks to growing optimism about the UK economy and protracted weakness for the US currency. There is also growing optimism that

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Fox bid for Sky 'raises plurality concerns'

ByNathan BissittJanuary 23, 2018

The biggest takeover in the UK media industry was called into question today when the Competition and Markets Authority said 21st Century Fox’s £18.5bn takeover of Sky plc, the owner of Sky News, “may be expected” to act against the public interest.

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Manchester United top world club cash league

ByNathan BissittJanuary 23, 2018

Manchester United have retained their crown as the word’s leading football club for revenue generation, according to an annual league table. According to the Money League, compiled by Deloitte, the club is being chased down by the two richest sides in Spain

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Duffy takes flight from easyJet after CEO switch

ByNathan BissittJanuary 22, 2018

The chief commercial officer of easyJet has resigned little more than two months after losing out on the budget airline’s top job. Sky News has learnt that Peter Duffy, who has been with the Luton-based carrier ‎since 2011, is to leave the company. His departure

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Is it time for change at the capital of capitalism?

ByNathan BissittJanuary 22, 2018

There are two roads that wind their way through the mountainside town of Davos, and, on both, the traffic is at a standstill. A line of cars – blacked-out Mercedes saloons, smart people-carriers and the occasional Swiss army truck. Snow swirls relentlessly. This

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JLR cuts Range Rover production amid diesel uncertainty

ByNathan BissittJanuary 22, 2018

Jaguar Land Rover will cut production of some vehicles amid uncertainty over Brexit and changes to taxes on diesel cars. The company will scale back output of Range Rover Discovery Sport and Evoque models temporarily later this year. Last week, JLR said its global