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The founder of BrewDog is launching his own reality TV show that will see entrepreneurs battle it out for a £2m investment. House of Unicorns is set to air later this year and will see founders, business leaders and entrepreneurs compete over six weeks for a chance to win the money. James Watt, who stepped…
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Almost 29% of all residential property sales failed to complete in 2024, according to data from Quick Move Now. The top reason for failed sales was buyers withdrawing after a survey or attempting to renegotiate the purchase price (27%), it says. Buyers changing their minds (24%) and difficulties securing a mortgage (22%) were also among…
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If you’ve ever spent your Monday morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you. Each Monday we’ll be speaking to someone from a different profession to discover what it’s really like. This week we Sky’s Money had a chat with publican Luke Bavester, 29, from The Sheaf Inn in West…
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Southern Water may not be able to guarantee that water comes out of its customers’ taps but, credit where it is due, it does know how to lay on a metaphor. On the day almost 60,000 Hampshire residents faced having to queue for fresh water until the weekend the company, already carrying £6bn of debt,…
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China’s domestic demand, the main growth engine for the world’s second-largest economy, has huge potential for continuous expansion, officials said in an economic roundtable event broadcast on Monday. The country has broad space for invigorating domestic demand by revving up investment and consumption, the officials said in the ninth episode of the China Economic Roundtable,…
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A sustainable pension or better banking may be a more effective way of cutting your carbon footprint than not flying. Triodos Bank, based in the Netherlands, recently announced a commitment to invest at least €500 million in nature-based solutions by the end of 2030. It is part of a growing sector of ‘green banks’ whose…
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The Bank of England (BoE) on Thursday reduced interest rates for the second time this year, setting the rate at 4.75 percent, a 0.25 percentage-point decrease from the previous 5 percent. This adjustment brings rates to their lowest level in over a year, last seen below 5 percent in June 2023. The BoE noted Labour’s…
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Vietnam attracted 27.26 billion U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 10 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 1.9 percent, the country’s General Statistics Office has reported. Specifically, Vietnam licensed 2,743 new FDI projects with a total registered capital of 15.23 billion dollars, up 1.4 percent year on year in…
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Shein has overtaken its fast-fashion rival Boohoo for sales. Sales rose 38% to £1.55bn – some 30% more than Boohoo’s £1.09bn last year. Shein opened a UK head office in Manchester last year, which is also home to Boohoo and PrettyLittleThing. It now employs around 33 people, primarily in the marketing department. It is also…
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Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores has agreed to purchase a limited share of the Chargers, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Gores has an agreement in place to purchase 27% of the franchise, which includes the 24% owned by Dea Spanos Berberian and 1% owned by the three other Spanos siblings, Dean, Michael and Alexis Spanos…
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Most investors have probably heard of Bill Gates, best known as a billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). After heading up the technology company he founded for more than 25 years, the former CEO stepped down to focus on his charity work. Gates is worth an estimated $132.6 billion (as of this writing), according to…
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Governments seek to encourage FDI for a variety of reasons. On occasion, though, the process can cross the lines of ethics and legality. In November 2010, seven global companies paid the US Justice Department “a combined $236 million in fines to settle allegations that they or their contractors bribed foreign officials to smooth the way…
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Aberdeen is the cheapest city to get on the property ladder out of 50 analysed by Rightmove. Carlisle is the cheapest for renters across Britain, the property site found. At the other end of the spectrum, St Albans in Hertfordshire was named as the most expensive city to be a first-time buyer outside London. Meanwhile, Oxford was…
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The FTSE 100 hit another all-time high this morning following its record performance yesterday. The index, of the 100 most valuable companies on the London Stock Exchange, soared to 8,071 points shortly after the opening. It marks a new “intraday” (during the day) record. Later in the morning, the FTSE 100 eased back to 8,060 points, but…
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United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have announced an initial disbursement of $2.25 billion under a syndicated $3.3 billion crude oil prepayment facility sponsored by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). A second tranche of $1.05 million is expected to be disbursed subsequently. This is the largest syndicated loan ever raised…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced a special Presidential Panel on Social Investment Programmes. Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. The President gave the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, the nod to head the Special Panel. The Panel is tasked with immediately undertaking a comprehensive review and audit of existing…
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