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New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution, the government is set to announce.Ministers will also unveil a £255m fund to help councils tackle emissions from diesel vehicles, as part of a £3bn package of

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Nestle is to open its first factory in Japan in more than 25 years because of demand for exotic flavours of Kit Kat.While traditionally the wafer snack has been made using milk chocolate, dozens of different flavours are proving popular in Asia.Flavours like wasabi

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Supervisory boards at two big German carmakers are to hold emergency meetings later after they were accused of breaching EU cartel rules.Volkswagen and Daimler have declined to comment on the allegations that they and other German car giants colluded to fix the price

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ITV has blamed a fall in advertising revenue on “ongoing economic and political uncertainty”.Advertising revenue fell 8% to £769m in the first six months of the year. However, that fall was offset by good growth at ITV studios, which makes The Voice and

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Debt problems seen in the run up to the financial crisis are “rearing their heads” again, the new head of the business select committee has warned.Labour MP Rachel Reeves, who worked at HBOS during the crisis, said regulators needed to be “forever

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Mayors and council leaders from five cities in northern England will hold a summit with business leaders next month to press ministers for more investment.They are concerned that the government has become less committed to the idea of a Northern Powerhouse after David

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