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The company said on Thursday that the value of its UK Student Accommodation Fund fell four per cent in the third quarter to £2.8bn, while its London-focused joint venture saw a 3.4 per cent decline to £1.9bn. The falls…
The FTSE 100 grocer improved its lower-end operating profit target from £3bn to £3.15bn for the full year, leaving its top-end forecast at £3.3bn. Industry figures have warned that the Iran war is set to send food prices…
Gets me Celebrity Traitors and Blue Lights, after all. Plus the Shipping Forecast to wake up to every morning. I could do with more and better sport on the BBC, though. Instead, both its quantity and quality are in…
Welcome back to City AM ‘s FTSE 100 liveblog. The FTSE 100 has returned to the red after markets were hit by the spiking price of oil this week that led to a global bond sell-off. The UK’s 10-year gilt yield rose ten…
Poor workforce health is estimated to cost the UK economy £241bn in lost productivity annually, according to claims in a new report by healthcare insurer Vitality, with mental ill-health being the single largest driver…
These days, resilience, drive and having a lot of fun Motto : Be authentic Biggest perk of the job ? Travel, and the chance to build great little worlds for people to enjoy Coffee order: Black pour-over in the morning…
Party leaders always have to balance two audiences: their supporters in the hall and the sceptics at home. As a new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham’s conference speech was always going to be a pitch to the nation but his…
Come out of the station, walk the only direction you can, and you’ll find it, hemmed in from the A road with a greige picket fence: the Toby Carvery. The budget British carvery chain , distinctive for its mock Tudor…
Lescure said being in the bloc comes with some difficulties, but it enables members to better address the challenges facing the world. Last week, Burnham said the UK needed to "consider the options", ranging from staying…
Twenty-five years ago, one of this area’s most infamous landmarks was ‘Fridge Mountain’ – a massive mound of discarded white goods that was 20 feet tall and almost a kilometre long. Look for it now, though, and Fridge…