Author: Nathan Bissitt

Pret a Manger and Wagamama have become the latest companies to announce an end to automatically providing plastic straws.Customers will be offered a paper alternative, and plastic straws will be available only on request.The firms’ decision comes after Theresa

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EDF Energy has said it could build a new nuclear power station in Suffolk for significantly less than the near £20bn Hinkley Point C site.Chief executive Simone Rossi said there could be a capital cost reduction of 20% for a proposed new plant at Sizewell,

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Tesco is delaying a cut to its biggest Clubcard rewards after it faced a backlash from customers.The supermarket announced on Monday that the value of its reward vouchers was changing immediately, provoking an angry response on social media.It has now pushed back a

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Bitcoin has traded below $10,000 for the first time since early December.The value of one bitcoin fell to $9,958 (£7,222) before making a slight recovery, according to a price index run by the news site Coindesk.However, it later fell again dipping just below $9,200.

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Engineering giant GKN has rejected a £7.4bn hostile takeover bid from Melrose Industries.Turnaround specialist Melrose said it believed it could “deliver significantly greater benefits” to GKN’s shareholders than GKN could on its own.Last week, GKN

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The government has said it does not believe any of its major suppliers are in a similar position to Carillion.It commented after shares in the construction and services firm Interserve fell amid reports that its financial health was under special Cabinet Office

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