Image copyright Costa Coffee Image caption “If the till or safe was ever incorrect, the staff that were in had to make it correct again using their own money,” said a former employee Costa Coffee employees at multiple stores claim they have had costs of £200 deducted from their final payslip for training, the BBC […]
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Image copyright Getty Images The US Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, has confirmed a ban on Chinese technology giant Huawei will not come into force for another 90 days. The US blacklisted the company in May because of national security concerns. Huawei was then granted a temporary permit in order to ease the transition, which was
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Three is launching its service in certain parts of London Three has launched its 5G service for the home, initially available to residents of certain areas of London only. The network’s UK chief executive, David Dyson, has previously said he believes 5G has the potential to end the need
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Image copyright Getty Images Donald Trump has tried to reassure markets about the risk of the US falling into a recession by saying the economy is doing “tremendously well”. The US president said he did not see a recession – usually defined as when an economy shrinks for two consecutive quarters. White House economic adviser
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Image copyright Getty Images Chancellor Sajid Javid has said he has no plans to make house sellers rather than buyers pay stamp duty tax. “I wouldn’t support that,” the chancellor said in a tweet on Sunday. His comments came after the Times reported on Saturday that Mr Javid was considering the idea, to save first-time
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Image copyright Dan Taylor Photography Image caption Monty Munford says the world of cryptocurrency is like a “savage bazaar” It’s bad enough realising that somebody’s nicked £25,000 of your hard-earned cash. It’s even worse when you realise there’s little chance of getting it back. This is the story of how I got my fingers burned
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption An order for CalMac ferries has been at the centre of a dispute The Scottish government has set up a board to deal with the completion of two ferries being built at the now publicly-owned Ferguson shipyard. It took control of the base in Port Glasgow on Friday after
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Nicolas Dujovne resigned on Saturday after a week of economic turmoil Argentina’s economy minister Nicolas Dujovne has resigned amid a financial crisis exacerbated by the president’s defeat in a primary poll. The country’s peso shed 20% of its value against the US dollar after President Mauricio Macri suffered the resounding
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Tariffs on food such as beef and milk can be high Lidl’s Irish business has reminded British suppliers they are expected to pay any EU import tariffs imposed on goods crossing borders after Brexit. Currently, as both countries are member states, no tariffs are paid. But Lidl’s current contracts
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Image caption The power station has been a focal point of the Oxfordshire skyline for 50 years The last three cooling towers of a decommissioned power station have been demolished. Didcot A’s 375ft (114.3m) high towers were brought down using explosive charges at 07:00 BST. The coal-fired station was turned off in 2013 after 43
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