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Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has agreed to pay £260m to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged the US company imposed “unfair and excessive” charges on app developers selling apps on the Google Play Store. The…
Read moreIn a letter to Burnham, Ashley accused him of "jumping on 'everyday fixes' or bandwagons" while businesses struggled with the government's "disastrous" business rates policies and higher employment costs. He also…
Read moreInternal government modelling suggests that the top rate of capital gains tax (CGT) is already too high and hiking it further would lead to lower tax receipts. Figures presented to the Labour government before its first…
Read moreThe problems came during one of the hottest and driest summers on record, with a series of heatwaves, and drought declared across large parts of England and Wales. Britain's railways, built for a cooler, wetter climate…
Read moreCashback has now become one of my first considerations before making an online purchase. What is Complete Savings? Complete Savings is a shopper rewards programme that gives members access to at least 10 per cent…
Read moreAccording to the Lloyds Business Barometer, confidence among British firms rose four points in August to 53 per cent, the highest reading since the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East and higher than 12-month…
Read moreTehran responded by attacking Israeli and US allies across the Gulf. Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was killed on the first day of strikes, and the strait of Hormuz – a crucial waterway for transporting oil – was…
Read moreThis week the PR focus for the star – who rose to fame on the Disney channel but has moved into song-writing, films and TV drama – was supposed to be on the upcoming series six of Only Murders in the Building that sees…
Read moreWelcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. The UK’s blue-chip index jumped this morning after some pressures in the oil market eased off. Oil prices reared back up on Thursday night, reversing days of losses earlier…
Read moreThe 41-year-old footballer shared photographs of several of his cars on Instagram, simply captioning the post “my toys.” Among the cars shown were Ferrari’s Purosangue and 599 GTO, plus the far rarer Daytona SP3 and…
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