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• AI will slash headcount by two-thirds - retail boss

  12-11-2025 20:06 via bbc.com
  Buy It Direct boss Nick Glynne said increased taxes on business in the UK had sped up the process.
  
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• Heineken UK cuts Foster's alcohol strength to 3.4%

  12-11-2025 19:48 via bbc.com
  The brewer said the change could lead to cheaper pints.
  
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• SSE to invest £33bn in upgrading Scotland's electricity grid

  12-11-2025 18:53 via bbc.com
  The company plans to spend two-thirds of that to upgrade wiring and increase high-voltage grid capacity to get power from the north to customers in the south.
  
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• £220 ‘for a cut-up sock' - Apple's new iPhone Pocket ridiculed online

  12-11-2025 18:47 via bbc.com
  Many took aim at the high price online, while others made fun of its striking likeness to a piece of footwear.
  
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• £220 'for a cut-up sock' - Apple's new iPhone Pocket ridiculed online

  12-11-2025 18:47 via bbc.com
  Many took aim at the high price online, while others made fun of its striking likeness to a piece of footwear.
  
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• Driving test rules to change in bid to stop bots booking slots

  12-11-2025 18:46 via bbc.com
  The Transport Secretary has announced new measures to tackle the continuing backlog of driving tests.
  
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• US ends penny-making run after more than 230 years

  12-11-2025 17:20 via bbc.com
  Pennies today cost nearly four cents each to make - more than twice the cost of a decade ago.
  
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• Will Starbucks staff strikes hit turnaround plans?

  12-11-2025 16:59 via bbc.com
  The coffee giant is returning to its roots to boost sales but labour tensions could derail the strategy.
  
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• One in four missing meals due to cost pressures - report

  12-11-2025 16:23 via bbc.com
  New report says parents of under 18s are among the groups most affected by cost of living pressures.
  
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• Ryanair scraps printed boarding passes to go fully digital

  12-11-2025 15:11 via bbc.com
  The airline is only accepting digital boarding passes from Wednesday.
  
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• Lib Dems call for 5% VAT cut for pubs and restaurants

  12-11-2025 11:59 via bbc.com
  The party also wants to axe the renewables levy from bills, funded by a windfall tax on big banks.
  
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• Jet2 to offer flights from Gatwick for first time

  12-11-2025 11:07 via bbc.com
  Flight destinations include Spain, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Malta, Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria and Cyprus.
  
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• Government to rethink rejection of Waspi compensation

  12-11-2025 10:53 via bbc.com
  Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden says that the rethink does not mean that payouts will necessarily follow.
  
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• Thousands of NHS staff to lose jobs after Treasury approves £1bn pay-off deal

  12-11-2025 10:00 via bbc.com
  The compromise deal would allow the NHS to overspend this year.
  
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• Two popular gay dating platforms removed from Apple app store in China

  12-11-2025 03:55 via bbc.com
  The removal of Blued and Finka has raised concerns amongst the LGBT community in the country.
  
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• UK toy sales up as 'kidults' buy Lego and Pokémon

  12-11-2025 01:03 via bbc.com
  Sales have risen by 6% so far this year, analysts say, after a string of post-pandemic falls.
  
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• India's start-ups fire up public markets amid valuation concerns

  12-11-2025 01:02 via bbc.com
  Start-up fundraising has raised uncomfortable questions about valuations, butsignals a maturing ecosystem.
  
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• Building society pledges to keep branches open

  12-11-2025 01:02 via bbc.com
  It says its current network of 696 branches will remain until at least 2030.
  
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• Two meals for $1: Why China's youth are not spending

  12-11-2025 00:12 via bbc.com
  Economic uncertainty is encouraging some young people to cut back on their spending.
  
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