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• Will losing Simon Roberts change Boots' 'poisonous' culture?

  09-06-2016 21:57
  
  As long as the chemist’s business model stretches finances as far as they can go and extracts profits, it’s hard to see how Boots will changeYou’ve probably never heard of Simon Roberts but you’ve almost certainly given him your business. He is the soon-to-be-departed boss of Britain’s biggest chain of pharmacies, the head of one of our oldest and best-known high-street chain of shops. Continue reading...
  
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• At first, they tried to deny it and then the letters from staff began to pour in

  09-06-2016 21:57
  
  As long as the chemist’s business model stretches finances as far as they can go and extracts profits, it’s hard to see how Boots will change Continue reading...
  
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• Minister tells schools to ignore high court ruling on term-time holidays

  09-06-2016 19:10
  
  Nick Gibb says headteachers should continue applying rules that allow parents to be fined over unauthorised absencesHeadteachers have been ordered to ignore a recent high court ruling that overturned a fine imposed for an unauthorised family holiday taken during term time. The schools minister, Nick Gibb, told all state schools in England he was “disappointed” by the ruling and said they should continue applying the current regulations that allow parents to be fined.Continue reading.
  
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• Expert advice: how to find a work-life balance when you’re the boss

  09-06-2016 17:44
  
  Entrepreneurs often sacrifice personal time. In this webchat from 1–2pm on 13 June we’ll discuss how to take a break while running a businessIf you are the boss of a small business, or a full-time freelancer, how do you squeeze in a holiday? How do you make time for your friends and family? And how can you stop your professional responsibilities from overwhelming you? A survey last year by accounting software company Xero found that 76% of small business owners have sacrificed a holi
  
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• Tesco Mobile offers to cut users' bills if they watch ads plus buy-to-let landlords win payout

  09-06-2016 15:13
  
  Plus, Vodafone customers warned to check bills; travellers fall victim to fake Airbnb site; and out-of-hours childcare is ever harder to findHello and welcome to this week’s Money Talks – a roundup of the week’s biggest stories and some things you may have missed. Continue reading...
  
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• 'There's a jelly gun that squirts hot jelly’: 10 of your worst summer jobs

  09-06-2016 13:45
  
  Escaped armadillos, plastic coathangers and sophisticated pork pie jelly guns - the pick of our readers’ terrible holiday job stories
  As it’s that time of year, some of our writers shared stories of their most terrible summer jobs. In the comments, our readers responded in kind - though actually, some of the jobs sounded pretty good. This reader clearly very much enjoyed being an ice cream driver, and a job where you’re not actually expected to do anything for seven weeks sound
  
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• House prices to PLUNGE in the coming months – but where will be hit hardest?

  09-06-2016 13:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HOUSE prices in Britain are set to tumble in the coming months for the first time since 2012, as more storm clouds gather over Britain's property market.
  
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• UK's Financial Conduct Authority Bans Two Individuals For Lack Of Integrity - Exchange News Direct

  09-06-2016 11:33
  UK's Financial Conduct Authority Bans Two Individuals For Lack Of Integrity
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  The Financial Conduct Authority has banned Mark Kelly and Patrick Gray from working in the financial services industry on the basis that they lack integrity. Mr Kelly provided financial services to UK customers under the name PCD Wealth and Pensions ...en meer »
  
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• BRIEF-UK's FCA bans Mark Kelly, Patrick Gray from working in financial services ... - Reuters

  09-06-2016 11:19
  
  BRIEF-UK's FCA bans Mark Kelly, Patrick Gray from working in financial services ...
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• Survey: UK Companies Buy Bitcoin to Pay off Ransomware Extortionists - CryptoCoinsNews

  09-06-2016 09:47
  
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  Survey: UK Companies Buy Bitcoin to Pay off Ransomware Extortionists
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• Forget politics, it's business that needs female leaders

  09-06-2016 08:20
  
  If we want to change society, electing one woman to the White House is not enough. We need more female entrepreneursThis week, we moved one step closer to having the first female US president after Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nomination. But if you think that’s the glass ceiling shattered, then think again. The number of female senators in the US stands at 20%. Just 4.2% of Fortune 500 companies have female CEOs. That sound you heard wasn’t glass breaking it was just the creak
  
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• Endless holidays and free time? Here's what it's really like to be freelance

  09-06-2016 08:15
  
  No boss, but six-day weeks and late payments. On National Freelancers Day, freelance journalist Suzanne Bearne weighs up if it’s worth itIt’s 11pm on Friday and instead of spilling out onto the pavement outside a pub in east London with a large glass of white wine in hand, my only tonic is filtered water and my whirring laptop my only company. Welcome to the world of freelancing. That moment of switching off on a Friday – the buzz of having a whole weekend to fill with fun thin
  
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• I'm helping my son buy a house – how do I stop his girlfriend taking half if they split up?

  09-06-2016 08:00
  
  My friend advises me to register an interest in the money I’m giving him, but the solicitor doesn’t seem keenQ I’ve got some money in savings that I want to use to help my son buy his first house. The house he has found is valued at £210,000 and he has an agreed mortgage of £168,000. It is my intention to give him the remaining £42,000 as a deposit, plus a little extra for fees.A friend has worried me by saying that, should my son and his girlfriend split, she
  
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• Nestlé, if you care about the environment what's with your disposable coffee cups?

  09-06-2016 06:00
  
  Nescafé’s one-use cups are aimed at busy commuters who want cheap on-the-go coffee, but we already have reusable cups for thatNestlé has made it possible to skip the queues and make coffee-to-go in the comfort of your own kitchen. For £4.30 you can buy a box of four disposable coffee cups, pre-filled with a mix of instant coffee and ground coffee sealed under some tin foil.It’s an invention surely up there with the equally necessary egg cube (because oval eggs are
  
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• Sainsbury's fighting challenging market

  09-06-2016 01:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SAINSBURY’S has said it is ready to counter fresh price war moves by its big rivals as it warned that online giant Amazon “has its work cut out” in trying to muscle in on the UK’s fiercely competitive grocery market.
  
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• EU referendum uncertainty weighs on UK housing market

  09-06-2016 01:01
  
  Decline in buyer inquiries expected to trigger fall in house prices over next three months, say surveyorsUncertainty over the EU referendum has driven the biggest fall in the number of people trying to buy a property since the financial crisis and deterred sellers from putting their homes on the market, according to the latest report from surveyors.Related: House prices could fall by 18% if Britain quits EU, says George OsborneContinue reading...
  
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