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Foreign investment in the UK soared to 2,213 projects in the year to April...

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Foreign investment in Britain soared to a record 2,213 projects for the year to April 2016, up 11% on the previous year. Data from the...
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‘Cooking the books’ more likely when external control is more stringent

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Often, the reaction that companies and regulatory bodies have when top managers are discovered cooking the books or committing financial fraud is to impose...
Sigmar Gabriel on Brexit

Brexit must be punished or EU goes down the drain

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Brexit must be punished, otherwise the EU will go down the drain, says Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s Economy Minister. If the UK’s exit from the...
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Average UK household will pay £826,030 in tax over a lifetime

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Over a lifetime, an average UK household will pay £826,030 in direct and indirect taxes (in 2014-15 prices), a rise of 2.7 per cent...
Sigmar Gabriel with Angela Merkel

German vice-chancellor warns EU could “go down the drain” because of Brexit

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The German vice-chancellor warned that the European Union would go down the drain if Brexit isn't handled carefully. Sigman Gabriel said that the bloc's future...
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Pilots allegedly drunk arrested at Glasgow Airport

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Two allegedly drunk pilots were arrested at Glasgow Airport on Saturday. As the United Airlines aircraft prepared to fly 141 passengers to Newark, New...
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Pizza drone delivery service to launch in New Zealand

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Pizza drone delivery to customers' homes is set to begin later this year in New Zealand following a successful demonstration in Auckland last week. At the...
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Biofuels emit more greenhouse gas than gasoline

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Who would have thought that biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel emit more greenhouse gas – specifically heat-trapping carbon dioxide – than gasoline? A...
Tourism Action Plan to boost staycation numbers

Brexit boosts staycation numbers with Brits hitting seaside resorts

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The Brexit vote has been great news for domestic tourism providers, with staycation numbers rising rapidly since 23rd June, when the British electorate voted...
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EDF comitted to go forward with Hinkley Point C project, despite approval delay

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Despite Therea May delaying the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant approval until next month, chief executive of energy giant EDF, Vincent de Rivaz, has...