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The government has stepped in to try to speed up business rate relief to thousands of small firms.Businesses in England, hit by huge hikes in their rates bills, were promised millions of pounds in support by the chancellor in March. But months on from the start of the

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Some cancer sufferers who phone the Macmillan support line want to talk about death, and the process of dying.But for 25 times as many patients, it’s not their health they want to discuss.It’s their finances.Macmillan’s research shows that most

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Taxpayers are being urged not to overlook a looming payment deadline owing to summer holidays, otherwise they face a fine.Nearly five million self-employed people, company directors and those with more than one source of income may have to pay tax by 31 July.The major

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Gambian entrepreneur Momarr Taal has created a business processing, drying and exporting mangoes. Source: BBC News

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking to limit nicotine content in tobacco products, for the first time in its history.The policy announced on Friday has a goal of cutting back on nicotine levels in order to discourage addiction and lower the number of

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Shares in telecoms group BT fell 1.8% after it took a £225m charge related to its Italian accounting scandal.BT is paying the money to Deutsche Telekom and Orange to avoid legal action over the issue.The two firms now hold stakes in BT as part of the deal that saw

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Any “transitional deal” in the period after Brexit must end by June 2022, the time of the next general election, Philip Hammond has said.But the chancellor said there must be “business as usual, life as

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Women should be told now when the tampon tax will be abolished, an MP has said, as the UK’s largest supermarket announced a price cut for the products.Tesco said its 5% reduction on the cost of women’s sanitary products would cover the VAT levied on these

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Image caption Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes at 2000 Trees You get to watch your favourite bands, you don’t have to pay – and your office is a field full of happy people.Putting on a music festival might sound like the dream job, but with more events

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The US economy gathered speed in the second quarter of the year, growing at an annualised pace of 2.6%.The pick-up was helped by consumer spending in the quarter expanding at a pace of 2.8%, and businesses stepping up spending on equipment.The growth rate for the

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