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UK could face Trump VAT tariff hit; pound hits 2025 high – as it happened

www.wakaticket.com – Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as sterling rises on surprisingly weak US retail sales and Thames Water appeals to raise bills further…
UK could face Trump VAT tariff hit; pound hits 2025 high – as it happened
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Arm looks to launch its own chip after landing Meta contract

www.wakaticket.com – Plan represents move away from SoftBank-owned group licensing its chip blueprints to firms such as Apple and Nvidia…
Arm looks to launch its own chip after landing Meta contract
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NatWest wants to raise CEO’s maximum pay by more than 40%

www.wakaticket.com – Paul Thwaite could earn up to £7.7m, and move comes as bank prepares to return to full private ownership…
NatWest wants to raise CEO’s maximum pay by more than 40%
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Sound investment: John Lewis teams up with Rough Trade to sell vinyl

www.wakaticket.com – Decision to stock records in some stores and also sell online dovetails with rising demand for turntables in its shops…
Sound investment: John Lewis teams up with Rough Trade to sell vinyl
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Caught in the middle: UK firms brace for fallout from Trump’s global trade war

www.wakaticket.com – While UK may not be in direct line of fire, knock-on effects on global trade has British businesses worried…
Caught in the middle: UK firms brace for fallout from Trump’s global trade war
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Thames Water launches appeal for permission to raise bills even higher

www.wakaticket.com – Struggling firm to appeal to competition watchdog to hike fees by more than Ofwat-approved 35% over next five years…
Thames Water launches appeal for permission to raise bills even higher
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UK watchdog proposes sweeping changes for baby formula industry

www.wakaticket.com – Suggestions include standardised packaging in hospitals to tackle power of branding but CMA decides against price cap…
UK watchdog proposes sweeping changes for baby formula industry
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EVs and datacentres driving new global ‘age of electricity’, says watchdog

www.wakaticket.com – Forecast for rising global electricity use likely to stoke fears of rising costs and stalled efforts to fight climate crisis…
EVs and datacentres driving new global ‘age of electricity’, says watchdog
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‘It’s hard to survive’: why UK private hire drivers are striking on Valentine’s Day

www.wakaticket.com – About 200 drivers got in touch with the Guardian to share their views on the industrial action…
‘It’s hard to survive’: why UK private hire drivers are striking on Valentine’s Day
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Missouri sues Starbucks, claiming ‘systemic discrimination’ via DEI

www.wakaticket.com – Republican attorney general files suit claiming – without evidence – coffee chain’s hiring policies cause higher prices…
Missouri sues Starbucks, claiming ‘systemic discrimination’ via DEI
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Does the government really know what it wants from the CMA? | Nils Pratley

www.wakaticket.com – Some directives such as ‘be more agile’ are meaningless, and what happens when the ‘pro-growth’ agenda collides with the ‘pro-competition’ one?…
Does the government really know what it wants from the CMA? | Nils Pratley
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Geoff Marsh obituary

www.wakaticket.com – Other lives: Leading figure in the world of plumbing who worked to improve the status and regulation of the trade…
Geoff Marsh obituary
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Thirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled after Rosebank court ruling

www.wakaticket.com – Exclusive: Future of further projects uncertain after Rosebank and Jackdaw licences were found to have been unlawfully granted…
Thirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled after Rosebank court ruling
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UK returns to growth but living standards fall; oil price weakens on Ukraine peace talk hopes – as it happened

www.wakaticket.com – Britain’s services and construction sectors grew in October-December, but production contracted again… and GDP per person shrank…
UK returns to growth but living standards fall; oil price weakens on Ukraine peace talk hopes – as it happened
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Pay of Barclays CEO more than doubles to £10.5m as profits soar

www.wakaticket.com – Other top performers at group share £1.9bn bonus pool while 90,000 employees awarded £500 each in shares…
Pay of Barclays CEO more than doubles to £10.5m as profits soar
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Unilever chooses Amsterdam for primary listing of ice-cream business

www.wakaticket.com – In latest blow to London stock market, split-off business to go Dutch – but boss denies move is ‘snub to UK’…
Unilever chooses Amsterdam for primary listing of ice-cream business
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Competition watchdog to speed up decisions after UK government pressure

www.wakaticket.com – Competition and Markets Authority announces plans for ‘step change’ after government calls for it to be less risk averse…
Competition watchdog to speed up decisions after UK government pressure
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Activist hedge fund reportedly amasses £3.8bn stake in BP

www.wakaticket.com – Elliott Management expected to demand strategy changes including pushing to abandon green energy pledge…
Activist hedge fund reportedly amasses £3.8bn stake in BP
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Illegal imported sweets ‘flooding UK high streets’, councils say

www.wakaticket.com – Social media driving demand for US products containing banned additives linked to cancer and behaviour issues…
Illegal imported sweets ‘flooding UK high streets’, councils say
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UK economy grows by 0.1% in unexpected boost for Rachel Reeves

www.wakaticket.com – ONS data showing British national output rose in final quarter of 2024 confounds forecasts of 0.1% decline…
UK economy grows by 0.1% in unexpected boost for Rachel Reeves
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