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A former City minister has called for an investigation into the private equity firm that owned Monarch.Greybull Capital is owed about £150m for loans made to the airline, but as a preferred creditor it will be first in line to be repaid when assets such as airport

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People have just one week remaining to spend their old £1 coins before businesses can refuse to accept them.From 16 October, the round £1 coin will no longer be legal tender, having been replaced by a new 12-sided version earlier this year. It will still be possible

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Harvey Weinstein, the Oscar-winning film producer accused of sexually harassing female employees, has been fired by the board of his company.One of the biggest producers in Hollywood, Mr Weinstein was behind films including Shakespeare in Love, The King’s Speech

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The Bombardier trade dispute, which is threatening thousands of jobs in Belfast, will be raised in parliament later by the Democratic Unionist Party.Its East Belfast MP, Gavin Robinson, is calling on government ministers to “up their game” after

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Businesses have had grants worth a combined £244m from the Welsh Government since it promised to stop paying handouts in 2010.At that time, the private sector was told any more funding awarded by the government would have to be repaid.But it has emerged only about a

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Argentine Airlines has become the latest carrier to suspend flights to the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. The company said it had concerns over security in Venezuela because of increasing criminal violence and political uncertainty. It joins dozens of airlines who have

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Munaf Kapadia runs a successful restaurant at his family’s home in Mumbai. He has also hired his mother as head chef. While watching TV one Sunday afternoon back in 2014, Munaf Kapadia had an argument with his mother that would change his life. The then

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You can trace the extent of our reliance on air travel to many inventions. The jet engine, perhaps, or the aeroplane itself. But sometimes inventions need other inventions to unlock their full potential. For the aviation industry, that story starts with the invention

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Aquis is an electronic trading floor that has taken on giants such as the London Stock Exchange.Its founder, Alasdair Haynes, says it provides stockbrokers with a cheaper service. But he found out that price alone was not enough to persuade them to switch.

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Prices may rise and home deliveries could be slower unless the retail sector retains access to all EU workers after Brexit, a trade body has warned.EU citizens account for just 6% of the industry’s 170,000 workforce, the British Retail Consortium said.However,

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