Nathan Bissitt, Author at Business Ideas UK

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Diesel car sales to plunge again this year, study warns

ByNathan BissittJanuary 9, 2018

The worst is yet to come for diesel cars which will see their sales continue to plunge, a study has warned.Aston University predicts they will account for just 15% of the UK market by 2025, down from a 50% peak.Automotive expert Professor David Bailey said

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Rising food costs leave little room for festive splurge

ByNathan BissittJanuary 9, 2018

Rising food costs meant consumers had little left over to spend on a festive splurge, industry figures suggest.Like-for-like retail sales, which exclude new store sales, rose 0.6% last month, down on December 2016’s 1% rise.Food sales accounted for most of the

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Bailiffs hit '41,000 firms' over business rates

ByNathan BissittJanuary 9, 2018

Bailiffs have been unleashed on almost 41,000 companies struggling to pay higher business rates since last year’s controversial revaluation, an investigation has claimed. An estimate by Altus Group suggests English and Welsh councils have referred tens of

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Apple investigated by France for 'planned obsolescence'

ByNathan BissittJanuary 8, 2018

French prosecutors have launched a probe over allegations of “planned obsolescence” in Apple’s iPhone.Under French law it is a crime to intentionally shorten lifespan of a product with the aim of making customers replace it.In December, Apple

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Google sued over 'male discrimination'

ByNathan BissittJanuary 8, 2018

Google has been accused of discriminating against conservative white men in a class action lawsuit filed by two former engineers.The duo say they want to represent all staff discriminated against due to their “perceived conservative political views, male gender

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Ex-Capita CEO backs energy start-up Hometree

ByNathan BissittJanuary 8, 2018

A British start-up that wants to do to the domestic boiler market what Purplebricks is doing to the residential property sector is raising a seven-figure sum from the online estate agent’s chairman. Sky News understands that Hometree, which describes itself as a

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GoPro considers sale as revenues plunge

ByNathan BissittJanuary 8, 2018

Camera-maker GoPro is reported to be considering a sale after suffering a steep decline in holiday sales.”If there are opportunities for us to unite with a bigger parent company to scale GoPro even bigger, that is something that we would look at,” GoPro

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Equal pay: What is the extent of the problem?

ByNathan BissittJanuary 8, 2018

Carrie Gracie’s resignation as the BBC’s China Editor has highlighted the issue of equal pay and it got us wondering how widespread the problem is in the UK.Equal pay means staff doing the same job must be paid the same amount – it is a legal

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Aspall takeover: Molson Coors 'to invest' in Suffolk site

ByNathan BissittJanuary 8, 2018

The US brewing giant Molson Coors said it hoped to create new jobs at Aspall cider following its takeover.The firm has bought the family-run Suffolk producer in what is believed to be a £40m deal.Phil Whitehead, Molson Coors’ UK managing director, said all

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GoPro exits drones and cuts staff by a fifth

ByNathan BissittJanuary 8, 2018

GoPro says it is to exit the drone market as part of a restructuring that will include cutting its workforce by more than a fifth to below 1,000 staff. The action camera specialist said it was reacting to a slump in sales during its core US holiday season. It said