Business

Wage growth slows in boost to hope for interest rate cut – ONS

While wage growth is “strong” there are signs of caution among employers as the number of job vacancies fell to pre-pandemic levels for the first time since 2021.
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Race against time to keep Scunthorpe steel furnaces alive as raw materials to be delivered today

There had been concern that the coking coal and iron ore needed to keep the blast furnaces running may not have arrived before they started to cool down – after which it becomes extremely difficult to start them up again.
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British Steel's Scunthorpe plant. Pic: REUTERS/Dominic Lipinski

Bank of England currency printer De La Rue maps sale to buyout firm Atlas

The 212 year-old company, which has been listed in London since the 1940s, is to recommend a 130p-a-share offer from US-based buyout firm Atlas Holdings, Sky News learns.

British Steel: Raw materials needed for Scunthorpe plant ‘paid for’ amid race against time to avert shutdown

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says the government “hasn't seen any evidence” of sabotage when asked about suggestions that Chinese owner Jingye might have purposefully attempted to shut the blast furnaces down.

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From Shanghai to Scunthorpe – what’s China’s influence on UK industry?

Reform UK treasurer Candy sweet on merger of payments firms

VibePay, in which Nick Candy's investment vehicle is the largest shareholder, has agreed to sell itself to Banked amid a fast-changing payments industry landscape, Sky News learns.
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Nigel Farage and Nick Candy at Millbank TV studios.
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Virtual coaching platform has right Mindset for multimillion-pound fundraising

Mindset AI will announce this week that it has raised more than £4m from investors led by Edge VC and Pembroke VCT to fund its expansion into the US, Sky News understands.
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‘A big part of my job is sacking people’: Life in HR – from bosses having affairs to dealing with Gen Z

Caroline Wood sits down with the Money blog to reveal what life is really like as an HR boss, including the most common complaints she has to deal with, and what you need to be wary of on a staff night out.
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How to complain in a restaurant, according to chefs, etiquette expert and the King’s former butler

Industry experts have spoken with the Money blog and revealed the right way to complain when dining out – and how to get your money's worth.
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Rise in suicide attempts linked to HMRC tax crackdown as MPs criticise ‘sham’ review into loan charge schemes

HMRC has been accused of harassing ordinary people who were victims of mis-selling when they signed up to 'loan charge' schemes that the government has declared as tax avoidance. Now MPs and campaigners have branded the independent review as a “cover-up”.