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• US consumer prices rise at fastest rate in nearly 40 years

  12-01-2022 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Inflation jumped 7% in December, piling pressure on the US central bank to raise interest rates.
  
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• Kim Kardashian sued in crypto 'pump and dump' case

  12-01-2022 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The star is one of three celebrity defendants being sued by investors in the EthereumMax crypto-currency..
  
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• US will remove UK steel tariffs 'when the time is right'

  12-01-2022 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trump-era steel tariffs remain in place on UK exports, though they have been removed for EU products.
  
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• Pensions and benefits will not keep up with cost of living, warns think tank

  12-01-2022 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A think tank says a temporary rise would help 10 million people facing hardship, but at a heavy cost.
  
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• Pret boosts pay to £10 per hour for thousands of staff

  12-01-2022 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sandwich chain Pret A Manger is boosting its pay rates for the second time in four months.
  
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• Covid: Government's PPE 'VIP lane' unlawful, court rules

  12-01-2022 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A judge says it was unlawful to give two companies preferential treatment when awarding PPE contracts.
  
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• Record year 2021: Platform provider Visable reports 66 million euro turnover

  12-01-2022 15:42
  
  Hamburg, 12 January 2022 – Visable, the provider of Europe’s leading B2B platforms EUROPAGES and wlw (formerly “Wer liefert was”), reports its most successful year yet: Overall, the company was able to achieve a profitable record turnover of 66 million euros. This constitutes a growth of 14 per cent compared to the previous year. "We are very satisfied and pleased with our performance in 2021, despite the ongoing COVID crisis. In particular, we were once...Source: RealWir
  
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• Government delays more all-lane smart motorways for five years

  12-01-2022 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More data is needed before other hard shoulders are made into traffic lanes, the government says.
  
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• Ovo Energy boss blames bad day for ‘ridiculous’ advice

  12-01-2022 11:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ovo Energy chief tells the BBC he expects to be apologising for some time over advice on staying warm.
  
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• Champagne sales drive bumper Christmas at Sainsbury's

  12-01-2022 11:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stronger sales of premium food and champagne will boost profits, Britain's second biggest supermarket says.
  
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• Talent Works invests in ONS researcher to drive 'recruitment science' centre as it looks to hire 750 roles across UK and US

  12-01-2022 11:00
  
  Elena Hill-Artamonova, previously Senior Research Officer at the ONS, joins Talent Works with experience in the field of psychology, psychometrics, statistics and quantitative research Talent Works is hiring over 750 tech roles for scaling businesses across the UK and North America in sectors ranging from in-demand digital skills to commercial and operational teams Manchester, UK; 12th January 2022: Recruitment Processing Outsourcing Provider (RPO) Talent Works is driving the tech skills acquisi
  
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• C8 Consulting Announces Appointment of New Director

  12-01-2022 11:00
  
  The UK-based B2B disruptive-tech PR agency is delighted to announce it has appointed strategic communications specialist Andrew Darling as Director. Reading, UK – 12th January 2022 - Disruptive-tech PR agency, C8 Consulting, has expanded its team with the appointment of PR and communications expert, Andrew Darling, as the agency’s new Director. C8 is on an aggressive growth trajectory, and the appointment of Andrew, along with several other new hires, is critical to the organisation&
  
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• STL and Robin.io Announce Strategic Collaboration to Deliver Core Technologies to Empower 5G Stacks for Enterprises and Cloud Service Providers

  12-01-2022 10:59
  
  Robin.io will provide the cloud-native Platform for deploying applications and network functions on the STL Enterprise Marketplace Platform. SAN JOSE, Calif. — Robin.io, a leader in Kubernetes data management for enterprise applications and operator 5G solutions, announced a strategic collaboration with STL [NSE: STLTECH], an industry-leading integrator of digital networks, to offer (Xaas) as-a-service solution. The Xaas solution will leverage the STL Enterprise Marketplace Platform with t
  
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• British Gas owner Centrica warns high energy bills to last two years

  12-01-2022 10:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The boss of Centrica says there is "no reason" to expect gas prices to come down any time soon.
  
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• Afghanistan crisis: Taliban expands 'food for work' programme

  12-01-2022 04:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It comes as the United Nations has appealed for $4.4bn (£3.2bn) in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan.
  
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• How the soaring cost of living is hitting Sri Lankans hard

  12-01-2022 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rising food and fuel prices are making daily life tougher for many ordinary people in Sri Lanka.
  
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