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• Video: McDonald's UK CFO on using big data - Financial Director - Financial Director

  10-10-2017 23:35
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  Video: McDonald's UK CFO on using big data - Financial Director
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  Welcome back to our video series, where we ask top-hitting financial directors and CFOs the big questions on the year ahead. Every week we publish new video ...en meer »
  
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• Global financial crisis WARNING: ECB stress test exposes HUGE RISK to Europe’s banks

  10-10-2017 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  BANKS within the eurozone may not be able to cope with the anticipated rise in interest rates, the European Central Bank has warned.
  
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• Tesco's UK financial forecasts can change overnight, court told | UK ... - The Guardian

  10-10-2017 21:07
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  Tesco's UK financial forecasts can change overnight, court told | UK ...
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  Former Tesco accountant Amit Soni arrives at Southwark crown court to testify in the trial of three former financial directors. Photograph: Mary Turner/Reuters.en meer »
  
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• Tesco's UK financial forecasts can change overnight, court told - The Guardian

  10-10-2017 21:07
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  Tesco's UK financial forecasts can change overnight, court told
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  Former Tesco accountant Amit Soni arrives at Southwark crown court to testify in the trial of three former financial directors. Photograph: Mary Turner/Reuters. UK news. Tesco's UK financial forecasts can change overnight, court told. Former accountant ...en meer »
  
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• Network Rail to get budget boost despite efficiency concerns

  10-10-2017 20:09 via theguardian.com
  Treasury likely to allow spending of more than £40bn, with extra for schemes such as the TransPennine route upgradeNetwork Rail is set to be granted an enhanced budget, likely to be more than £40bn, to run Britain’s railway despite the regulator highlighting more concerns over billions lost due to inefficiency. The government will announce later this week how much it is prepared to spend on maintaining and operating Britain’s railways for the five years from 2019. The fig
  
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• The age of the benevolent capitalist is gone | Letters

  10-10-2017 19:44 via theguardian.com
  Only Bill Gates stands in the tradition of Scotland’s Calvinist benefactors, says Sam McKinstreyMy admirable and turbulent priest Giles Fraser (Loose canon, 6 October) concludes that “capitalism is not magic, but exploitative to its core”, as is its principle that “I only get extremely rich if you get a little bit richer too”. Max Weber got it dead right for certain eras in the past, when Calvinistic merchants made money to give it to others, often most of it, frequ
  
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• Deliveroo boss: giving workers better rights will add £1 to meal cost

  10-10-2017 18:37 via theguardian.com
  Restaurant delivery firm warns MPs over extra costs as Uber executive tells them his firm has shown ‘wrong attitude’ in pastThe boss of Deliveroo has warned MPs that if the company is forced to give workers basic rights such as the minimum wage and holiday and sick pay it will pass the cost on to consumers by raising the cost of delivery by £1.
  Dan Warne, Deliveroo’s managing director of the UK and Ireland, told parliament’s business committee that the cost of provi
  
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• Brexit 'no deal' will BACKFIRE on the EU: Manufacturing chief warns Barnier to negotiate

  10-10-2017 17:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE European Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier must be given the go-ahead to negotiate a Brexit trade deal or Brussels risks shooting itself in the foot, a manufacturing organisation chief warned.
  
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• Pound coin deadline: Rush to spend set to give massive boost to Britain’s economy

  10-10-2017 15:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE rush to spend £500million worth of old round pound coins in the coming days is set to give the economy a huge boost.
  
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• Two-thirds of consumers pessimistic about UK financial situation ... - DIGITALLOOK

  10-10-2017 13:31
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  Two-thirds of consumers pessimistic about UK financial situation ...
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  A significant majority of UK consumers are worried about the state of the country's economy, a monthly report from Lloyds Bank has found.en meer »
  
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• Project Fear DESTROYED: Strategist claims financial industry will THRIVE post ... - Express.co.uk

  10-10-2017 11:58
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  Project Fear DESTROYED: Strategist claims financial industry will THRIVE post ...
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  A British strategist has slammed claims that post-Brexit Britain will suffer, insisting that the UK will be able to benefit from all free trade opportunities. By Charlotte Davis. PUBLISHED: 10:58, Tue, Oct 10, 2017 | UPDATED: 10:58, Tue, Oct 10, 2017 ...
  
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• Pound SOARS against euro after Theresa May says UK will prove Brexit doomsayers WRONG

  10-10-2017 11:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE pound surged against the euro after Theresa May confirmed the UK is preparing for a 'no deal' Brexit amid the latest negotiations over the UK's exit from the European Union .
  
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• Financial figurehead calls for clarity over Brexit - Belfast Telegraph

  10-10-2017 10:10
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  Financial figurehead calls for clarity over Brexit
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  The City of London could see an "avalanche" of companies leaving unless the UK government can bring some clarity to the Brexit talks and the proposed transition, the mayor of London's financial district has warned. Alderman Andrew Parmley, Lord Mayor ...en meer »
  
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• Trust, flexitime and free therapy – tips for a happier, healthier workforce

  10-10-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  On World Mental Health Day, we talk to small firms who champion mental wellbeing in the workplace and encourage staff to open up Workers in Britain are taking more time off than ever due to mental health conditions including stress and anxiety, according to a recent NHS report. But employers are waking up to the importance of supporting mental wellbeing in the workplace.
  “People need to enjoy the environment in which they spend most of their day – it isn’t just a case of offeri
  
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• Eurostar’s web of confusion kept raising price of my trip to Paris

  10-10-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  I made a booking and then needed to amend it – but I kept getting an error message followed by a higher fareI recently made a booking to go to Paris. The dates I booked needed to be amended and so I went on to the Eurostar website to change the dates. There was a fee, as I’d expected. However, when I confirmed the change and was asked to pay the £30, an error code appeared and the site redirected me to its home page. I tried three times but the fault was reoccurring. I emailed
  
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