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• Businesses' bid to hire more women in top finance jobs

  11-12-2016 19:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SOME of Britain’s biggest businesses are looking to increase the number of women in top-level roles by nearly a third over the next five years, a Government report has said.
  
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• VW 'dieselgate' payout offer outrageously low, says Sadiq Khan

  11-12-2016 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
  London mayor urges government to take action, saying pledged settlement in emissions cheating scandal is far too low Sadiq Khan has called on the government to secure proper compensation from Volkswagen for the “dieselgate” scandal, saying the £1.1m pledged so far was outrageous. The London mayor said the settlement was far too low compared with the £12bn payout achieved by US authorities for VW’s use of sophisticated “defeat devices” to cheat emissions
  
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• City news: Financial sector, Social Superstore, Bank of England

  11-12-2016 19:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LONDON's powerhouse financial sector has recorded its first annual rise in job vacancies since the Brexit vote, according to a report.
  
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• Share Hunter: Sports Directs first half results hit by slide in pound

  11-12-2016 19:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SPORTS Direct’s first half results were not expected to be pretty, and so it proved.
  
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• Ratan Tata hailed as saviour of UK steel industry - Financial Express

  11-12-2016 16:41
  
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  Ratan Tata hailed as saviour of UK steel industry
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  Tata Sons interim chairman Ratan Tata was today hailed as the saviour of the UK steel industry after the Tata Group announced a 10-year commitment of one billion pounds investement to save thousands of jobs for its embattled steelworks in the country ...en meer »
  
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• Italy’s biggest bank UniCredit to be SOLD OFF in UK in desperate bid to avoid crisis

  11-12-2016 13:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  UNICREDIT is due to sell off a bumper load of shares in a desperate bid to avoid crisis.
  
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• Is property facing a meltdown in 2017?

  11-12-2016 11:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE HOUSING market is finally slowing after years of rampant growth and many Britons will give hearty thanks for that.
  
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• A cancelled flight and terrible customer service from Thomson Holidays

  11-12-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We had a lovely stay in Cape Verde but trouble started on the way homeI am at the end of my tether with Thomson Holidays. My two sons and I had a lovely week-long all-in holiday with the company in Cape Verde in July. The package cost me about £2,200.Unfortunately, the flight home was cancelled. There was terrible customer service from the reps in the hotel and while waiting for the plane the next day, resulting in us arriving home almost 24 hours late. Continue reading...
  
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• Qantas confirms non-stop Perth to London flights from March 2018

  11-12-2016 07:37 via theguardian.com
  
  The 14,498 km flight on 787-9 Dreamliners will be the first regular passenger service to directly link Australia and EuropeQantas has announced it will begin non-stop flights between Perth and London from March 2018.The 14,498 kilometre route will be the first regular passenger service to directly link Australia and Europe, and will be flown by Qantas’s new 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. Continue reading...
  
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• Riot flashpoint to housing hotspot: hipsters help to bring St Pauls back to life

  11-12-2016 01:04 via theguardian.com
  
  The Bristol district, the site of civil unrest in 1980, is now at the heart of gentrificationTake a walk along City Road in St Paul’s today, the area of Bristol that gained notoriety following serious riots in the 1980s, and the fried chicken joints and mini-markets give way to something less expected: estate agent signs bearing the message “Sold”.The property website Zoopla has included St Paul’s alongside two other Bristol neighbourhoods in its Top 10 Hipster Hotspots A
  
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• Oil rally may fade despite OPEC move

  11-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Investors remain unconvinced that planned cuts in oil production will end the glut and say that the latest rally in the price of crude could soon reverse
  
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• Harvey Jones: Post-Brexit Britain building allies in the US

  11-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Britain may be short of friends in Europe but we have a growing number of allies across the pond in the US.
  
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• Five minute guide to halting Christmas ruining New Year

  11-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHRISTMAS is the most wonderful time of the year, but you want to avoid ending up with a financial hangover.
  
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• City news: Dixons, Centrica and Carpetright

  11-12-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WHILE many British companies have benefited from sterling’s post-Brexit slide, it has been a bad call for Dixons Carphone.
  
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