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British airline Monarch has ceased trading after it lost its licence to sell package holidays in the UK.Monarch was unable to reach a deal on Sunday with the Civil Aviation Authority to renew the Atol licence.About 110,000 people are currently overseas on a holiday or

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Monarch Airlines has ceased trading and its 300,000 future bookings for flights and holidays have been cancelled, the Civil Aviation Authority has said.About 110,000 customers are currently overseas and the government has asked the CAA to charter more than 30 planes

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Stewart Butterfield had a dream – to create the world’s biggest computer game – “The Game That Never Ends”.But then came the dot.com crash. All his financial backers pulled out.Looking around for how to make the best of all the computer

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Public disagreements between cabinet ministers are undermining business confidence, the British Chambers of Commerce has warned.Business leaders are “growing impatient with division” at the heart of the government, particularly around the Brexit process,

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Greg Steltenpohl was a pioneer of the “whole foods” movement in the 1980s. But he almost lost everything after his first company faced a major corporate crisis.After creating not one but two highly successful natural drinks companies, Greg Steltenpohl is

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In the early years of the 20th Century, US carmakers had it good. As quickly as they could manufacture cars, people bought them. By 1914, that was changing. In higher price brackets especially, purchasers and dealerships were becoming choosier. One commentator warned

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One of the UK’s largest supermarket chicken suppliers has suspended operations after an investigation allegedly exposed food safety breaches.The 2 Sisters Food Group said staff at its site in the West Midlands will need to be “appropriately

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The Northern Ireland Secretary has said that the action taken by Boeing in a trade dispute with Bombardier is “unjustified and unwarranted”.James Brokenshire was speaking at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.Jobs in Belfast could be at risk

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Monarch is in last-ditch talks with the aviation regulator about renewing its licence to sell package holidays.The travel company has until midnight to reach a deal for its Atol licence or ask for more time from the Civil Aviation Authority.The regulator extended

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The government will find an extra £10bn for the Help to Buy scheme to let another 135,000 people get on the property ladder, Theresa May has said.The extra cash will help buyers get a mortgage with a deposit of as little as 5% to buy newly built homes.Mrs May gave no

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