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• Exporters are wise to start preparing for a hard Brexit

  24-06-2017 18:05
  
  David Davis was kidding himself when he told European politicians they were powerless to prevent Britain extracting a good trade dealThe investment plans of Jaguar Land Rover are unlikely to be an isolated reaction to Brexit. Last week the carmaker revealed amid a fanfare of publicity that it would be hiring 5,000 extra engineers and, with less fanfare, that it would begin work on its next-generation electric car in Austria.Very simply, the company appears to have made a judgment that for the ne
  
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• Gold price forecast: Gulf crisis and weak dollar set to boost precious metal

  24-06-2017 17:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GOLD prices could surge in the coming days amid escalating tensions between Saudi and Qatar, experts have predicted.
  
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• Frances O’Grady on insecure work: ‘the heartbreaking bit is they think it’s normal’

  24-06-2017 17:00
  
  The TUC chief has been battling the ‘gig economy’ for 10 years. Now, on the eve of a new campaign to support casual workers, she says ‘we’ve gone backwards’A decade ago, Frances O’Grady thought she had seen just about the worst conditions possible for workers in 21st-century Britain. As part of a team investigating vulnerable employment, the trades union leader held clandestine meetings in churches with intimidated workers that exposed life at the sharp end of
  
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• Pound rises as more Bank of England policymakers call for interest rate hike

  24-06-2017 14:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE pound moved higher at the end of the week, amid further signs that interest rates could rise in the coming months.
  
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• Deutsche Bank savages 'ZOMBIE BREXIT' and says government is now in a VERY weak position

  24-06-2017 13:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN now has a 'zombie' government leaving the UK in an "extremely weak" position, as it heads in to two years of Brexit talks, according to Germany's biggest bank.
  
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• Clash of the retail titans: Amazon goes head to head with Walmart

  24-06-2017 11:00
  
  In the short term Amazon’s foray into the grocery business with the acquisition of Whole Foods is unlikely to affect Walmart. But is the market big enough for both?After Amazon’s $14bn acquisition of Whole Foods, the stage is set for an epic clash between the online behemoth and the traditional retail king of America, Walmart.Related: Whole Foods for thought: Austin foodies ponder future under AmazonContinue reading...
  
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• Letter to my younger self: your business is your life

  24-06-2017 10:00
  
  Kate Jackson left her career in law to realise her lifelong dream of starting a business. She now runs networking enterprise TableCrowdDear Kate,You’re 29 and well into your first year of running your own business, an online dating and parties website. You haven’t looked back since leaving your career as a solicitor – a job that you enjoyed, but that was never your dream.Continue reading...
  
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• Life swap … landlords are being given the chance to live like their tenants

  24-06-2017 08:00
  
  Will they put up with the terrible conditions some tenants have to suffer? A new BBC programme is putting them to the testLinda is 66, lives alone and sets her alarm for 4.30am to start work as a carer for children with special needs. She has taken on three jobs a week, despite being close to pensionable age, to earn enough to pay the £950 rent on her two-bed flat in Chadwell Heath, a workaday suburb on the fringes of east London. The bathroom hot water tap seized up long ago. Half the rin
  
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• Is your smart meter spying on you?

  24-06-2017 08:00
  
  The French are getting heated up about their meters collecting data on their daily lives. Perhaps the British should be concerned too
  They are the mini-computers being installed in 30m UK homes and businesses in an £11bn programme that will allow the energy companies to remotely monitor our gas and electricity usage. But could smart meters also become the new spies in our homes, raising fresh fears about a surveillance society as they track our daily activities?Campaigners in France, where
  
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• Frustrated homebuyers in a fight to the finish with Bovis

  24-06-2017 08:00
  
  Housebuilder has admitted it let buyers down on quality and service but six months on, some are still battling to get problems fixedAt the Bovis annual meeting in May the chairman, Ian Tyler, apologised to homebuyers for “letting them down” and admitted the company had been cutting corners to reach ambitious targets. Quality and customer service had suffered in the past two years, he said. Tyler indicated that hundreds of homebuyers had suffered. “We absolutely got it wrong. We
  
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• BA ruined our break – but it still won’t pay out!

  24-06-2017 08:00
  
  One family is still £700 out of pocket after the airline’s IT meltdown. But its battle get paid is likely to be typical of many othersA family of six who lost their holiday to Portugal after the British Airways meltdown are still out of pocket, because neither the airline nor their travel insurer will pay out for the villa they were forced to abandon.The family’s fight for compensation is an early indicator of the many more battles ahead for holidaymakers following the IT failu
  
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• ‘Think about becoming a personal trainer’ – our work expert responds

  24-06-2017 07:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Our careers expert – and you the readers – help someone seeking a job in sport education, and a career swapper struggling to get a senior roleMy partner began a degree in PE and education but never completed it, partly because the course wasn’t right for him. After travelling abroad and doing a series of seemingly random jobs, he is back in the UK and working in an engineering job, which pays minimum wage, is very physically demanding and dangerous at times. Continue reading...
  
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• Holiday car hire: how to avoid the add-ons that can double your bill

  24-06-2017 07:59
  
  From saying ‘no’ to satnavs and child seats, to checking the vehicle thoroughly, there are ways to avoid unnecessary costs and stressGreece and Portugal are the priciest places to hire a car this summer, while Florida is the cheapest, according to a survey of holiday hotspots. Research also revealed just how much the various add-ons – from child seats and satnavs to the rental firm’s own excess insurance – can add up. It found that in some cases they can easily doub
  
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• Homes in converted mansions – in pictures

  24-06-2017 00:45
  
  If you’re to the manor born, then these properties – in Essex, Derbyshire and Gloucestershire – are ideal for youContinue reading...
  
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