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Press Round-Up Short (Premium)
30 Sep
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Friday newspaper round-up: Deloitte, eurozone risks, British energy exports

Partners at Deloitte in the UK and Switzerland will receive an average income of more than £1m each for the second year in a row, after the accountancy firm enjoyed another successful year. Each partner will receive an average distributable profit of £1,058,000 in the year to the end of May, about 33 times the UK’s average annual pay. This is the first time the sum has exceeded £1m and is an increase of about 24% compared with the same period the year before.

29 Sep
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Betfred, rail strikes, EDF

The bookmaker Betfred has been fined nearly £2. 9m for failings in its social responsibility and money-laundering controls, after accepting tens of thousands of pounds from gamblers without performing adequate safety checks. One customer was allowed to lose £70,000 over a 10-hour period just a day after opening their account, the Gambling Commission said. – Guardian.

28 Sep
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Royal Mail, building societies, pension funds

The International Monetary Fund has launched a stinging attack on the UK’s tax-cutting plans and called on Liz Truss’s government to reconsider them to prevent stoking inequality. In rare public criticism of a leading global economy, the Washington-based fund said Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget risked undermining the efforts of the Bank of England to tackle rampant inflation amid the cost of living emergency. – Guardian.

27 Sep
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Banker bonuses, Elon Musk, Matalan

Bankers could rake in bumper bonuses from a “wave of bids” by overseas buyers for UK businesses made temptingly cheaper as a result of the plunge in the pound against the dollar. A fresh frenzy of merger and acquisition activity would mean a ramp-up in payouts for City dealmakers. Sterling fell by nearly 5% at one point on Monday to $1. 0327, its lowest since Britain went decimal in 1971. The currency has fallen by more than a fifth against the dollar this year.

26 Sep
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Monday newspaper round-up: Drax, gas prices, NatWest, Ovo

The number of people visiting UK shops this Christmas could remain almost a fifth below pre-pandemic levels as shoppers struggle with the cost of living crisis, according to forecasts. Retail footfall in December is expected to be 18% lower than the same month in 2019, said Springboard, a retail data company. – Guardian.

23 Sep
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Friday newspaper round-up: Boeing, rail strikes, HSBC

Boeing and its former chief executive have settled an investigation by the US’s top financial regulator into allegedly misleading statements the planemaker and its then boss made about its 737 Max jets, involved in two deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Boeing will pay $200m to settle charges that it misled investors and the former Boeing chief Dennis Muilenburg has agreed to pay $1m. – Guardian.

22 Sep
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Thursday newspaper round-up: UK debt, living wage, Newport Wafer Fab

Britain’s mounting debts will be unsustainable if the government presses ahead with sweeping tax cuts in a mini-budget on Friday, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank. Fuelling concerns that the UK’s precarious financial position will spark a run on the pound, the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, is expected to reverse an increase in national insurance payments and cut corporation tax at a cost to the Treasury of £30bn. – Guardian.

21 Sep
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Energy prices for businesses, millionaires, FCA

Jacob Rees-Mogg is expected to announce a cap on energy prices for businesses that would cut the rates they pay by up to half this winter. The business secretary will outline support on Wednesday for companies, charities and public sector organisations for six months from 1 October, after Liz Truss said they would receive equivalent help to households whose costs are being capped. – Guardian.

20 Sep
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK business investment, Drax, Tasty, Rolls-Royce

Business investment in the UK fell to the lowest rate in the G7 group of wealthy nations despite corporation tax cuts, the government has been warned, as ministers prepare £30bn of giveaways targeted at companies and higher-income workers. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said a “race to the bottom” on the headline tax rate on company profits had failed to boost investment and economic growth in Britain over the past 15 years. – Guardian.

18 Sep
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Sunday newspaper round-up: PD Ports, OneWeb, Tax cuts

Australian investment outfit Macquarie is studying a possible £1bn bid for PD Ports, the logistics empire that includes the strike-plagued Felixstowe port in the south or Teesport in the northeast. An auction by PD 's owner, Canadian private equity firm Brookfield, was cancelled in November following a legal spat with the South Tees Development Corporation, which owns the land around Teesport. Bids at the auction had reached around £1. 3bn but the economic backdrop and performance of PD Ports had worsened since then.

16 Sep
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Friday newspaper round-up: World Bank, John Lewis, Bank of England

Fresh fears have been raised about the health of the global economy after the World Bank warned that efforts to tackle inflation could cause a global recession. Central banks from the US Federal Reserve to the Bank of England are racing to raise interest rates to try to bring surging prices in the economy under control. The annual rate of inflation in the UK is hovering at close to a 40-year high and rate-setters at the Bank of England are widely expected to raise borrowing costs further when they meet next week.

15 Sep
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Amazon, Patagonia, SoftBank, Hornby

California is suing Amazon, accusing the company of violating the state’s antitrust laws by stifling competition and engaging in practices that push sellers to maintain higher prices on products on other sites. The 84-page lawsuit filed on Wednesday in San Francisco superior court mirrors another complaint filed last year by the District of Columbia, which was dismissed by a district judge earlier this year and is now going through an appeals process. – Guardian.

14 Sep
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Deloitte, fracking, Twitter

US freight railroad workers are close to striking over claims that grueling schedules and poor working conditions have been driving employees out of the industry over the past several years. Heated negotiations over a new union contract between railroad corporations and 150,000-member-strong labor unions have been ongoing for nearly three years. A “cooling off” period imposed by the Biden administration after it issued recommendations to settle the dispute ends on Friday.

13 Sep
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Banks, Woodford Fund, Abcam

The UK’s largest banks will be tested on their ability to withstand a rise in defaults linked to sky-high energy prices, as part of the Bank of England’s delayed health check of the financial industry. The Guardian understands that Threadneedle Street has crafted a new crisis scenario that will feature a deep economic recession, punctuated by soaring energy bills that could make it harder for some borrowers – particularly businesses – to afford loan repayments.

12 Sep
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Monday newspaper round-up: Housebuilders, Ryanair, John Lewis

Britain’s biggest housebuilders privately lobbied for the government to ditch rules requiring electric car chargers to be installed in every new home in England, documents have revealed. The FTSE 100 construction firms Barratt Developments, Berkeley Group and Taylor Wimpey were among the companies who argued against the policy in responses to an official consultation seen by the Guardian. The “blatant lobbying efforts” were criticised by Transport & Environment, a campaign group.

12 Sep
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Sunday newspaper round-up: Energy sector, EdF, Fracking

Industry sources are warning that the energy sector needs to know the details of the new Prime Ministers' plans to support businesses in order for them to take effect during the next winter. The government has indicated that a more complete plan for businesses will be announced as soon as possible. In another development, Centrica chief executive officer, Chris O'Shea, voiced support for using contracts for difference for long-term electricity prices as part of efforts to ensure lower prices for consumers over the years ahead.

09 Sep
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Friday newspaper round-up: Southern Water, Cazoo, EY

Southern Water is threatening to use debt collection agencies against customers involved in a payment boycott in protest against continuing raw sewage discharges. The water company, which was given the lowest one star rating for performance by the Environment Agency, has informed boycotters that it will be using bailiffs if they continue to hold back bill payments. – Guardian.

08 Sep
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Telecoms, TikTok, loo rolls

The UK advertising watchdog has launched an investigation into whether telecoms companies are misleading consumers about inflation-busting bill increases when promoting deals in their marketing campaigns. Telecoms companies make billions of pounds annually by instituting price rises to mobile and broadband bills midway through contract periods – increases that will add to the biggest squeeze on the cost of living facing households in generations. – Guardian.

07 Sep
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Darktrace, Twitter, EnQuest

It is an award-winning pioneer in the fast-growing cybersecurity industry, boasting veterans of the spy community and the British political establishment on its payroll. It is also the subject of admiring glances from a deep-pocketed US private equity house pondering a takeover that could lead to payouts worth £200m for its management team. But there are clouds hanging over Darktrace, in the shape of analysts’ criticism of its business model and concerns about its workplace culture, not to mention an escalating legal battle over a multi-billion pound fraud.

06 Sep
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Drax, banking hubs, TalkTalk, JPMorgan

Dressed in overalls with “leave it in the ground” scrawled on their backs, climate protesters shovelled coal over the side of a goods train bound for the Drax power station in 2008. It is now 14 years on from the train “hijack” and government officials are considering their own raid on the North Yorkshire power station – this time on the company’s finances. – Guardian.