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08:19, 29 JAN 2020
Santander profits plummet 37% amid PPI and branch closure costs
Finance
The High Street lender closed 140 sites last year and cut around 1,200 jobs in the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ
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Toolstation bucks retail trend to open its 400th store
South West
80 per cent of orders are collected in person from branches, despite offering a home delivery service
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Fast-track visa scheme launches to welcome global talent to the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ
Skills and Apprenticeships
Science and technology leaders welcome Government commitment to review bureaucracy
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Virgin Money reveals fall in mortgage lending amid ‘difficult’ market
Finance
The group is rebranding its Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank businesses as Virgin Money
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Signature Private Finance undergoes £16.8m MBO
West Midlands
Solihull-based property finance firm secures private equity backing from Foresight group to embark on next chapter
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Deliveroo to invest £1m into boosting healthy options across the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ
Food and Drink
The platform will support partner restaurants in developing healthy meals and menus after seeing demand soar
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Almost 10,000 retail jobs lost so far this year, new research shows
Retail & High Street
Store closures have been blamed on the huge shift to online shopping
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More than 170 jobs at risk as Hawkin's Bazaar falls into administration
Retail & High Street
The firm has suspended its website but said its 20 stores will continue trading
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Business leaders urge Prime Minister to 'deliver HS2 all the way'
High Speed 2
Midlands and northern business leaders sign letter to Boris Johnson calling for the complete development of high-speed rail line
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Probe into Just Eat and Takeaway merger is 'shocking and unwarranted', investor claims
Deals
Takeaway said it would delay the takeover timetable by a week because of the CMA's announcement
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Nissan's North East plant to manufacture 2,000 electric cars for Uber
Transport
The Uber deal will provide cars for its London fleet and the model can travel up to 168 miles on a single charge
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HS2 risk and complexity 'were underestimated' says spending watchdog
High Speed 2
New report published today by the National Audit Office says the costs of the high-speed rail project remain uncertain and could yet change
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Parents who lose child to get two weeks of leave under new º£½ÇÊÓÆµ law
Employment
Jack's Law is being introduced in April
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More than 280 jobs lost as Handmade Burger Co collapses into administration - for a second time
Retail & High Street
19 Handmade Burger Co restaurants across the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ have closed with immediate effect
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Online fashion firm Asos boosted by record Black Friday sales as revenues smash £1bn
Fashion
The retailer broke through the £1bn barrier in the last quarter of 2019
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Hotel Chocolat's new vegan nutmilk adds to retailer's strong performance
Retail & High Street
The firm has become the latest to create vegan treats and says it is working on creating more for customers
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Leicester interior specialist EE Smith wins biggest contract in its 123 year history, at The Londoner
Hotels
5-star hotel will have 15 suites, five restaurants and lounges, a rooftop bar, subterranean spa and a 1,000-capacity ballroom
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Government 'must act' over high street job losses, the British Retail Consortium warns
Retail & High Street
'It is worrying that the Government is standing by while tens of thousands of jobs are being lost'
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Wetherspoon debt up as it invests in new pubs and refurbishments
Retail
Chairman Tim Martin also urges business groups to stop 'Project Fear' over Brexit
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South Western Railway 'not sustainable' warns transport secretary
Transport
Grant Shapps says the franchise's performance is "significantly below expectation"
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Reach launches #Do1Thing campaign to encourage readers to help tackle climate change and save the planet
Economic Development
People encouraged to make small changes to make a big difference
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TalkTalk sells broadband business FibreNation to CityFibre for £200m
Technology
Negotiations for the deal began last year but were put on hold during the general election after the Labour Party pledged to nationalise BT’s broadband infrastructure arm in its manifesto
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Praetura Ventures backs AI business FeedStock
Tech
In total the company has secured a £2.5m investment in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures.
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Publisher Reach creating more than 50 jobs with expansion of hyperlocal site InYourArea
Enterprise
Latest digital expansion by Mirror owner will see new jobs across the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ
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