Nathan Bissitt, Author at Business Ideas UK

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Tesco boosted by Christmas sales growth

ByNathan BissittJanuary 11, 2018

Tesco reported a 1.9% rise in UK like-for-like sales over Christmas with a strong performance in groceries though it had a tougher time outside its food aisles. Britain’s biggest supermarket said food sales were up 3.4% in the six-week period to 6 January but

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M&S clothing sales fall over Christmas quarter

ByNathan BissittJanuary 11, 2018

M&S has blamed unseasonal autumn weather as it reported a 2.8% fall in like-for-like sales for its clothing and home division over the Christmas quarter. The retailer also said food sales were down, by 0.4%, for the 13 weeks to 30 December – though both

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Brexit 'could see UK economy lose £54bn by 2030'

ByNathan BissittJanuary 11, 2018

Brexit could see a £54bn hit to the economy by 2030, depending on the type of deal struck in the next year, according to the first set of taxpayer-funded impact assessments. The mayor of London Sadiq Khan commissioned a set of economic studies of the impact of

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May calls for veg to be sold without plastic

ByNathan BissittJanuary 10, 2018

Fruit, vegetables and other fresh foods should be sold loose instead of in plastic packaging, Theresa May is to tell supermarkets in a Government war on plastic waste. The Prime Minister is promising the Government will work with supermarkets to encourage them to

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Hammond calls on EU to spell out Brexit aims

ByNathan BissittJanuary 10, 2018

Philip Hammond has called on Europe’s leaders to spell out what they want from Brexit, declaring: “It takes two to tango.” The Chancellor, seen as the Cabinet’s leading Remainer, made his plea in a speech to business leaders in Berlin during a

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Marks & Spencer to stop selling 'cauliflower steak'

ByNathan BissittJanuary 10, 2018

Marks and Spencer says it will stop selling its “cauliflower steak” after shoppers mocked the product.The veggie steak – two slices of cauliflower and a lemon and herb drizzle – was being sold for £2.Customers argued a whole cauliflower could

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Apple pays extra £136m in tax after HMRC investigation

ByNathan BissittJanuary 10, 2018

Apple has paid an extra £136m in tax following an “extensive audit” by HM Revenue and Customs.Apple Europe, a UK subsidiary of the company, agreed to pay a “corporate income tax adjustment” covering years up to 26 September 2015.It is the

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It takes two to tango over Brexit, Hammond tells EU

ByNathan BissittJanuary 10, 2018

The EU’s “relative silence” about the kind of post-Brexit relations it wants with the UK must end, Philip Hammond is to tell German business leaders.There is “little, if any signal” from the EU about its priorities for talks on future

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Labour's John McDonnell to attend Davos

ByNathan BissittJanuary 10, 2018

Labour has confirmed that Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell will be attending the World Economic Forum in Davos.Labour said that Mr McDonnell had been invited to attend the annual meeting.The conference, held in a Swiss mountain village, attracts some of the richest

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Unwelcome extra

ByNathan BissittJanuary 10, 2018

Charging extra to anyone using a credit or debit card will be banned in the UK from Saturday, 13 January. This will mean an end to the extra cost added on at the end of the process of buying something online, such as a flight ticket, or being hit with a surcharge when