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The action follows a Guardian investigation last December , which revealed claims that Adrian Howe, a former Vodafone employee who had agreed to start a franchise in 2018, had taken his own life after pressure from the…
Read moreWeren't infrastructure projects in the UK always delivered late and massively over budget? The project was a carve-out from the financially stretched Thames Water and would surely be dragged down by it. Instead, the…
Read moreWhen the email arrives giving you their bank details, you set up the transfer and move the cash. And then the solicitor calls to ask where the money is. Conveyancing fraud involves criminals getting access to an email…
Read moreAbout 45 applications for new onshore windfarms were submitted in the year to March,according to a Guardian analysis of government data. Onshore wind power capacity entering the planning system has more than tripled…
Read moreThe move strengthened the yen at the start of August, but it has since given back roughly half of its post-intervention gain. Currency analysts warn the fundamental drivers of a weak yen, especially a yield gap between…
Read moreThere, it was emptied into an ash tray, sniffed and then set alight. From that modest start, North Sea oil – as the huge basin of oil and gas reserves quickly became known – emerged as a driving force of the British…
Read moreThe recent sale of a stake in Liverpool FC to a consortium of investors led and managed by Amit Bhatia shows the summer’s biggest transfers are not players but teams. While headlines may focus on Manchester City’s record…
Read moreThe public has until 1 September to submit objections to the Heathrow airport expansion, which could threaten the survival of the New Barn at Harmondsworth, considered a remarkable example of medieval architecture. The…
Read moreIt sits beside a large slice of Hugo Boss, a chunk of Mulberry, a snippet of Burberry, the remains of Agent Provocateur and the entire Flannels and House of Fraser chains. After a rough few years for the sellers of…
Read moreUnion leaders are seeking reassurances from the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, amid what the TUC has condemned as "scaremongering" from business groups. The unions were alarmed by limitations on who will qualify…
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