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• Canada should pursue free trade deal with U.K., Peter MacKay says ... - Financial Post

  05-05-2017 22:09
  
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  Canada should pursue free trade deal with U.K., Peter MacKay says ...
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  Canada can pursue free trade with the U.K. without undermining CETA, Peter MacKay says.en meer »
  
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• UK Urged to Align With Europe on Iran - Financial Tribune

  05-05-2017 21:43
  
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  UK Urged to Align With Europe on Iran
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  European governments are under pressure to pursue their own policies and interests in Iran and other countries of the Middle East separate from the US, partly because of fears over the consequences of policies advocated by the new US administration in ...en meer »
  
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• UK Fintechs Collaborate to Prevent Financial Crimes - Crowdfund Insider

  05-05-2017 21:03
  
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  UK Fintechs Collaborate to Prevent Financial Crimes
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  Since the 2017 launch of the United Kingdom Fintech Financial Crime Exchange (FFE), the group has accumulated seventeen Fintech market leaders. The Exchange allows for Fintech firms to share information and work together in order to prevent the ...
  
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• Former IFG chief joins UK financial technology firm - Irish Times

  05-05-2017 20:52
  
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  Former IFG chief joins UK financial technology firm
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  Former IFG Group chief executive Paul McNamara, who quit the now UK-focused financial services company suddenly last year, has taken up a new role as head of financial technology provider EValue in Newbury. Mr McNamara received a termination ...
  
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• Bristol housing charity tops list of UK’s most-prosecuted landlords

  05-05-2017 18:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Charity set up to house homeless among landlords convicted of making money from substandard properties but still letting homes to tenants, research finds A Bristol-based charity that receives thousands of pounds in housing benefit to accommodate vulnerable people has topped a list of the UK’s most-prosecuted landlords compiled by the Guardian. Alternative Housing, which was established to provide accommodation for homeless people with addiction problems, has been convicted of housing offen
  
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• Let’s move to Blaenafon, Gwent: ‘Money and hard work have spruced it up’

  05-05-2017 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  It lacks the obvious beauty of Hay and the Wye valley, but it’s as picturesque as a former mining town can getWhat’s going for it? Last time we came here, 14 years ago, news was Blaenafon was going to magic itself into Hay-on-Wye. This, the crucible of the Welsh coal industry, had set upon its postindustrial future: books, cakes and ’eritage. Well, the magic has worked – kinda. It was always a tough task. Blaenafon lacks the obvious beauty and quaintness of Hay and the Wy
  
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• Will your travel insurance cover you if an airline goes out of business?

  05-05-2017 13:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The collapse of Alitalia has highlighted the need for travellers to have scheduled airline failure insurance cover in placeTravellers booking expensive flights for later in the year have been warned that too many insurers are still failing to offer scheduled airline failure (SAF) cover.Earlier this week the Italian airline Alitalia started bankruptcy proceedings, and while it continues to operate, the news it has entered administration has prompted a renewed focus on how many travellers are cove
  
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• Virgin Trains offer cheaper on-the-day tickets

  05-05-2017 13:29 via theguardian.com
  
  You can now buy a discount fare just an hour in advance – but not on all linesRail passengers who need to travel last minute on Virgin East Coast can now buy cheaper “Advance” tickets on the day of departure, offering big savings over the train firm’s exorbitant walk-up fares.Previously the tickets have only been available until midnight on the day before travel. Now those using Virgin Trains East Coast services between London, northern England and Scotland are able buy 4
  
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• Putting you in the picture: yes, you can earn a living on Instagram

  05-05-2017 13:24 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s not just Kim Kardashian who rakes it in from the photo-sharing app. Meet the ‘micro influencers’, a new breed of ordinary people who charge £300 a post, with some earning six figures a yearSome seemingly ordinary people are getting paid thousands of pounds to post on Instagram, the photo-sharing app. But are these Insta-celebs just publicity-seeking pouters, or is posting a credible – and ethical – way to make money?People of a certain vintage might wonde
  
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• Asda and Morrisons cut petrol prices as oil price plummets

  05-05-2017 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Cheaper crude triggers price war as supermarkets slash fuel rates for their customersMorrisons and Asda have cut the price of petrol for the second time in a week amid a supermarket price war prompted by sharp falls in the underlying price of crude. Early on Friday Morrisons leapfrogged Asda to offer the cheapest petrol price among the major supermarket operators, capping unleaded at 112.9p and diesel at 113.9p.Continue reading...
  
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• The UK's richest hedge fund managers - Financial News - Financial News (subscription)

  05-05-2017 10:05
  
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  The year of Brexit brings contrasting fortunes for the UK's best-known hedge fund managers.en meer »
  
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• Could my meetings with the HR manager have led to their dismissal?

  05-05-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The boss of my new workplace apparently got upset and fired them, leaving me nervous about working for such a volatile person
  Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights.Two months ago I started at a small property company and I really like it. The team is small and I feel I fit in well
  
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• Bridging the gap in Lancashire – in pictures

  05-05-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This canalside family home can only be accessed by a manual swing bridgeContinue reading...
  
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• A Labour tax bombshell is a very good idea: the rich should pay their share | Paul Mason

  05-05-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  To properly fund schools and hospitals, the left must commit to bold and clear ways of raising extra moneyThis week the Tories unveiled a poster warning of a Labour “tax bombshell”, alleging that Jeremy Corbyn would deprive the army of munitions. But there’s irony there; thanks to their own cuts to defence spending, British warships will have to sail without anti-ship missiles from 2018. Frigates without missiles, hospitals without doctors: that’s what happens if you try
  
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• A Conservative election victory could spell the end of council housing

  05-05-2017 07:50 via theguardian.com
  
  The Tories have declared war on social housing - yet we have an ownership system so broken that inheritance is the only answerAlmost 120,000 children live in temporary accommodation today. The number of families living in temporary homes rose from 50,000 in 2011–12 to 72,000 in 2015–16. Both numbers feature prominently in a new report from the public accounts committee (PAC), which slams the government’s housing policies for relying far too heavily on a broken market and the fo
  
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