Boohoo warns on outlook, blaming higher returns and pandemic costs
LONDON (Reuters) -British online fashion retailer Boohoo warned on Thursday that expectations for its 2021-22 year will be lower than ..
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Schroders in talks to buy stake in green investor Greencoat
LONDON (Reuters) -British fund manager Schroders said on Thursday it was in advanced talks to buy a significant stake in renewables in..
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Machine Learning Automates Carbon Calculation for Construction
Quebec Wood Export Bureau works with Brainpool.ai to create CarbonFixer, a building design tool to show benefits of using sustainable ..
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Company climate disclosures jump in 2021 as board pressure builds
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – The number of companies sharing climate data with CDP, the world..
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Lancia to mimic Mercedes in pursuit of a future inside Stellantis
By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s Lancia will pursue profitability over volume to secure a long-term home in the 14 ..
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Oil gains as investors see limited Omicron impact on demand
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) -Oil prices extended their rally on Monday as investor appetite improved amid growing relief the Omic..
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UK economy almost flat-lined in October, adding to rate hike doubts
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy barely grew in October, before the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the corona..
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AB Foods says Primark trading ahead of expectations
LONDON (Reuters) -Associated British Foods said on Friday trading to date at its Primark fashion business had been ahead of expectatio..
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Nestle sale of L’Oreal shares pleases investors on both sides
By Gwénaëlle Barzic and Silvia Aloisi PARIS (Reuters) -Shares in Nestle and L’Oreal rose on Wednesday after the Swiss food grou..
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Are you inside IR35? – the latest guide for freelance contractors
New tax rules for freelance contractors and their clients came into force in April 2021. IR35, or ‘off-payroll working rules’, have ca..
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An opportune time for IT employees to look for their dream job and focus on the long term
By: Rishi Agrawal, Global Delivery Head & SVP – Application, Automation and Analytics Services, 3i Infotech Recently, I got a pan..
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Entrepreneurs perform better if able to choose ideas OR team members – but not both
Entrepreneurial teams perform better if able to choose their own team members or their own ideas, finds new research from ESMT Berlin...
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Catering24 agrees development of a brand-new warehouse with Clowes Developments
Catering24 has agreed a deal with Clowes Developments for the development of a state of the art warehouse facility in Ilkeston after d..
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China Nov export growth slows but imports accelerate
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s exports growth lost steam in November, pressured by a strong yuan, weakening demand and higher costs,..
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UBS gives Hong Kong staff COVID quarantine cash -memo
HONG KONG (Reuters) – UBS Group AG has offered its Hong Kong staff up to HK$2000 ($256.45) a day to help cover mandatory hotel q..
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AB InBev aims for core profit growth of 4% to 8% over medium term
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Anheuser-Busch InBev set a target under its new leadership on Monday of delivering core profit growth of be..
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How to Gain Customer Attention by Creating Experiences That Matter
By Neal McMahon, Regional Sales Leader UK&I With the majority of adults now vaccinated against COVID-19, many financia..
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Swiss chocolate makers focus on incomes to end child labour
By Silke Koltrowitz ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss chocolate makers Barry Callebaut and Lindt & Spruengli said improving cocoa far..
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Allianz aims for 5-7% annual EPS growth for 2022-24
BERLIN (Reuters) – Allianz raised its targets for shareholder returns for 2022-24 on Friday, aiming for 5-7% annual growth in ea..
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SSE and Equinor to proceed with $4 billion Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm
OSLO (Reuters) – British utility SSE and Norwegian energy company Equinor have secured financing to proceed with the constructio..
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Set Your Business Up For Sales Success In A Post-Pandemic World
By: Dean Fiveash– Head of FinTech Sales, IFX Without doubt the Coronavirus pandemic impacted every aspect of our liv..
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The role of RegTech in protecting vulnerable customers
By: Dexter Penn, CEO of Kalgera. The rise of Software as a Service – or SaaS has evened the playing field for many innovative ea..
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Prioritising D&I in recruitment is just putting the cart before the horse, says Tomas Coulter, Co-founder, Talos360.
Tomas Coulter is the co-founder of Talos360 and was one of the hosts at this year’s CIPD Conference’s ‘Big Questions Live ..
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Professionals are not seeking an optimal work-life balance but an optimal busyness
Professionals are not striving to create a balanced work-life, instead they are addicted to busyness, finds new research by emlyon bus..
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What we’ve missed: the glory of commuting
By: Niki Fuchs, Manager– Director, Office Space in Town (OSiT) Niki Fuchs, Manager- Director, Office Space in Town (..
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Analysis-Visa’s Amazon spat shows power is shifting to retailers in fee battle
By David Henry and Matt Scuffham NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s latest spat with Visa shows big retailers, armed wi..
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Why businesses should embrace change in the face of rising inflation and economic adversity?
By Tony Russell, Chief Growth Officer at Proteus UK factory orders growth slowed sharply in October, hitting a six month low, accordin..
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The Data Centre Dilemma – Data Centre Power & Sustainability: A new report from Data Centre Pricing looks at the challenge of becoming carbon neutral
Datacentrepricing (DCP), the providers of Data Centre research worldwide, has published a new report highlighting the implications of ..
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TCS Study Finds More Than 50% of Global Senior Financial Leaders Get Short-Term Forecasts Wrong
Tata Consultancy Services’ 2021 Global Financial Leadership Study Brings to Light Current Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)..
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40% of UK senior leaders say their organisation is failing to focus on Diversity and Inclusion
58% say the focus is still on business growth and development despite calls for greater equality Embargoed until 9 am GMT on 16th Nove..
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European countries embrace HR and payroll outsourcing but UK playing catch up
Manchester, UK – HR and payroll outsourcing is on the rise across Europe according to research conducted by SD Worx, a leading Europea..
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Over a third of small business owners are still not comfortable using cloud services
New research has revealed how small business owners in the US feel about using public, private and hybridcloud services. In 2022, the ..
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Frictionless User Experience Key to Digital Banking & Payments
By: Hamish Sherlock, Director of Solution Consulting at Applause Most digital experiences today, such as online shopping ..
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Britain’s Tesco increases dominance with 12-week sales rise – NielsenIQ
LONDON (Reuters) – Tesco, Britain’s largest retailer, was the only one of the country’s big four grocers to grow sal..
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Volvo Car considers opening third plant in Europe
BERLIN (Reuters) -Volvo Cars is considering building a third plant in Europe in order to boost its production capacity beyond 1.2 mill..
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Trump reaches $375M deal to sell DC hotel – WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump’s family hotel company has reached a deal to sell the rights to its W..
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Oil prices slide amid fears of supply boost, weaker demand
By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Crude oil prices skidded on Monday, under pressure from expectations of higher supplies ..
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