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Press Round-Up Short (Premium)
28 Feb
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Maplin, Toys R Us, Carillion, shop prices

More than 5,500 retail jobs are at risk as two of the high street’s best known names teeter on the edge of collapse. Toys R Us, with more than 3,000 staff, is set to go into administration in the next 24 hours, and 11th-hour rescue talks designed to shore up Maplin are also said to have broken down, meaning that the 200-store electronics chain also faces imminent bankruptcy. – Guardian.

27 Feb
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Brexit transition, energy price cap, Aston Martin, Carillion

A senior Conservative MP has criticised the government for failing to make progress on a transition deal to smooth Britain’s exit from the EU, warning that businesses could relocate jobs outside of the UK without urgent action. Nicky Morgan, the chair of the Commons Treasury select committee, said businesses were “crying out” for details of a proposed period to cushion Britain’s withdrawal from the EU from March 2019, calling on ministers to swiftly resolve their differences and reach a deal with Brussels or face damaging consequences.

26 Feb
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Monday newspaper round-up: GKN, Carillion, JPM, open banking

Political efforts to force the business secretary, Greg Clark , to intervene in the hostile takeover bid for industrial giant GKN have intensified with an accusation by Britain’s largest trade union that bosses of bidder Melrose support a hard Brexit that will damage manufacturing jobs. Research by Unite shows Melrose’s executive chair, Christopher Miller, and his wife, Monica, donated £37,500 to Vote Leave in the runup to the EU referendum while the vice-chair, David Roper, donated £20,000 – a pro-leave stance that the union says justifies blocking the£7.

25 Feb
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Sunday newspaper round-up: Interest rates, Brexit, RBS, Lloyds, O2 IPO

Signs of accelerating wage growth have convinced a deputy governor of the Bank of England that swifter rises in interest rates are needed. The change of heart for Sir Dave Ramsden, until now one of the doves on the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC), will add to a growing conviction in the City that a further increase to 0. 75% is coming in May. - Sunday Times .

23 Feb
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Friday newspaper round-up: Tech taxes, Brexit, Snapchat, Carillion

The Treasury is threatening digital companies such as Facebook and Google with a new tax, as it pushes for global agreement on a fairer system for ensuring digital businesses pay their way. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, is expected to use next month’s spring statement to announce the results of a consultation launched by the Treasury in November, on how to update the tax system to reflect the nature of online businesses. – Guardian.

22 Feb
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Brexit, wages, GKN, ITV, Apple

The Cabinet did not agree to Theresa May's negotiating strategy for the transition period after Brexit before it was sent to EU nations, senior ministers have told Telegraph. The official strategy document, which was published on Wednesday, prompted a furious backlash after raising the prospect of an open-ended transition period after Brexit. - Telegraph.

21 Feb
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Heathrow, FCA chair, banks, Tesco

The true cost of Heathrow expansion is likely to be “grossly” higher than the £14. 3bn the airport has cited, airlines have told MPs, adding that transparency and guarantees should be supplied ahead of a crucial vote. Willie Walsh, chief executive of IAG, British Airways’ parent company and the main operator at Heathrow, said parliament should not trust Heathrow and said he had “zero confidence” that a third runway would be delivered on time and budget.

20 Feb
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: BHP activist, BT, Energean, Carillion

Two more shareholders in BHP Billiton have put pressure on the board of the FTSE 100 mining giant by urging it to consider dropping its dual listing, which Elliott Advisors, an activist investor, says is “obsolete and value destroying”. Baring Asset Management and Plato Investment Management, which control shares worth about $280 million, have asked BHP to set out why it believes the time is not right to consider simplifying its structure. - The Times.

19 Feb
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Monday newspaper round-up: House prices, Arcadia, Carillion, Brexit

The average price of a UK property coming on to the market has risen by more than £2,400 in a month to just over £300,000 amid evidence of “record” levels of house-hunting activity, according to Rightmove. The website, which tracks 90% of the UK property market, said the national average asking price for a home had increased by 0. 8% during the past month, following the 0. 7% rise it reported in mid-January. – Guardian.

16 Feb
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Friday newspaper round-up: Tesco, homes, Brexit, internet tax

One of the City’s most influential shareholder advisory groups has told investors in Booker Group to vote against a proposed £3. 7 billion sale of the cash-and-carry business to Tesco. With just two weeks before a shareholder vote on the takeover, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) said that the recent uplift in Booker’s share price meant that Tesco “appears to be getting the better deal under the current terms”. - The Times.

15 Feb
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Wages, sterling, Sky, food warning, Booker

Britain is set for a pay rise as the world economy lifts growth and falling migration makes it harder for companies to find cheap foreign labour. A report by the regional agents of the Bank of England suggests firms expect to give the average worker a 3. 1 per cent pay rise in 2018, compared to 2. 6 per cent last year, amid the strongest growth for a decade. - Daily Mail.

14 Feb
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: RBS, Zuma, Putin

MPs are planning to make an unprecedented use of their parliamentary powers to publish a report into the mistreatment of thousands of small and medium-sized companies by Royal Bank of Scotland. Nicky Morgan has asked the Treasury select committee, which she chairs, to support the release of the confidential document, having used parliamentary privilege to obtain it from the Financial Conduct Authority. - The Times.

13 Feb
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Carillion, Trump, RBS, algos

MPs have accused the “big four” accountancy firms of “feasting on what was soon to become a carcass” as it emerged they banked £72m for work linked to collapsed government contractor Carillion in the years leading up to its financial failure. Less than a fortnight before Carillion’s auditor KPMG is due to face questions from MPs on two select committees, the accountant and rivals Deloitte, EY and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) submitted evidence to the inquiry.

12 Feb
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Monday newspaper round-up: Aldi, Warren Evans, Tesco, Lloyds

Discount grocer Aldi has taken over from upmarket rival Waitrose as Britain’s favourite supermarket according to an influential shopper survey. The fast-growing German discounter has impressed shoppers with the quality of its fresh and own-label food as well as its special offers, according to the annual best and worst supermarket satisfaction survey by Which?. – Guardian.

09 Feb
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Friday newspaper round-up: Premier League, Talktalk, Carillion challenge, Brexit

Facebook, Google and Netflix are not submitting bids for the next round of Premier League TV rights, with most analysts believing Sky and BT will remain the major players. It had been thought the Silicon Valley tech giants could intervene and cause a price hike from the £5. 1bn Sky and BT combined paid in 2015 but the Guardian understands they are not yet ready to get involved in live sport rights in the UK. - Guardian.

08 Feb
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Brexit, Tesla, energy cap, RBS

The boss of Britain’s biggest pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline, has urged the government to sign a two-year transition deal by April to ensure the industry can cope with the impact of Brexit. Emma Walmsley, GSK’s chief executive, said the tight deadline was key to giving businesses the clarity needed to invest. “The most important thing is that we get a transition period of at least two years, starting from March 2019, but … secured by April 2018, and we need to make sure that the negotiations that are ongoing are very clearly focused on patient safety and the continued supply of medicines to patients.

07 Feb
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Tesco, UK growth, Boeing, Carillion

Tesco is facing a demand for up to £4bn in back pay from thousands of mainly female shopworkers in what could become the UK’s largest ever equal pay claim. A law firm has launched legal action on behalf of nearly 100 shop assistants who say they earn as much as £3 an hour less than male warehouse workers in similar roles. Up to 200,000 shopfloor staff could be affected by the claim, which could cost Tesco up to £20,000 per worker in back pay over at least six years.

06 Feb
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Retailers, Brexit, Carillion, London property prices

Britain’s retailers battled through “tough” trading conditions in January as consumers preserved their cash for essential food shopping and shunned big ticket purchases. Non-food sales declined by 1. 2% in the three months to the end of January with furniture sellers, shoe shops and high street clothing retailers recording their worst performance since 2009, according to British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG data. – Guardian.

05 Feb
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Monday newspaper round-up: BoE rates, Brexit compromise, bitcoin, Heathrow

The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates twice this year after a surprisingly strong showing from the economy at the end of last year and a brightening outlook in 2018, leading economists say. Although the Bank’s rate-setting monetary policy committee seems almost certain to keep its rate at 0. 5 per cent when it meets on Thursday, it is widely expected to display a hawkish shift in outlook by leaving the door open to a rise in May. Many economists expect a further rise in November.

02 Feb
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Friday newspaper round-up: Bitcoin, Apple, Woodford, Chappell

The UK’s food regulators are launching nationwide review of all meat cutting plants in the wake of “serious incidents” at 2 Sisters Food Group and Russell Hume. The announcement comes days after the Food Standards Agency was criticised by a committee of MPs for failing to take “definite action” to improve food standards following a Guardian and ITV undercover investigation last year. – Guardian.