Image copyright Getty Images The price of the average home rose by £800 in the last year, according to the Nationwide, marking a slow period for the UK housing market. In the equivalent period three years ago, the average property price rose by £9,100, the building society’s data shows. UK house prices have risen by […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Progress on closing the gender pay gap is “dismally slow”, according to equality charity the Fawcett Society. At the current rate of decline it will take 60 years to eradicate the gap, the charity said. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicate that in the year to April
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPlastic hangers ‘are our dirty secret’, says designer A recyclable clothes hanger has been developed by a fashion designer in an attempt to end the use of plastic ones. Roland Mouret says plastic hangers are the “plastic straw” of the fashion industry and has developed what he
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Image copyright HM Treasury Image caption The 50p coin was similar to this previous design – but with the 31 October departure date Commemorative coins minted to mark Brexit on 31 October will be “recycled” after the UK’s exit from the EU was delayed by a further three months. The Royal Mint had been asked
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Image copyright Getty Images Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam said the territory is likely to record negative growth for the year as months of protests have knocked the economy. The unrest has disrupted businesses and dealt a particularly heavy blow to the tourism and retail sectors. The warning comes ahead of preliminary gross domestic product
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Image copyright Smart Sweets Image caption Tara developed her sweets after she gave up eating sugar The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Tara Bosch, the founder and chief executive of low-sugar sweets business Smart Sweets. Tara Bosch describes herself as a former
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Image copyright Getty Images City centres across the UK will be transformed in the coming weeks as wooden stalls are erected and visitors from Europe arrive to bring a continental flavour to our streets. Christmas markets have quickly become a familiar sight in many cities, but the uncertainty around Brexit means they have faced extra
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Anna Waterhouse was a high-flying lawyer at Deutsche Bank in Dubai. Now she’s unemployed. Amjad Rihan was a partner at the accountancy giant EY’s Dubai office. He also lost his job and hasn’t worked for more than five years. They both say their lives were destroyed after they flagged up suspicious activity at a major
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Image copyright QuickQuid website Borrowers who believe they were mis-sold a loan by collapsed payday lender QuickQuid will need to apply for compensation via an online portal. The company’s administrators, Grant Thornton, will run the system and have promised it will be “quick and easy”. The portal is not yet live, but is expected to
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Tiffany employs more than 14,000 people and operates about 300 stores Luxury goods firm Louis Vuitton (LVMH) has confirmed it has held “preliminary discussions” about buying US jeweller Tiffany, The statement followed reports that LVMH had made a $14.5bn (£11.3bn) offer to buy the company. “The LVMH Group confirms
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