Direct Line discovers accounting blunder that overstated finances
An accounting blunder at Direct Line led the troubled motor insurer to overstate the financial strength of its balance sheet. […]
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Carpetright customers are owed nearly £8m
About 21,000 customers are owed nearly £8 million for outstanding orders at the flooring chain Carpetright, which fell into administration […]
Read more →Are home-working managers holding back the careers of younger staff?
Bagging a hybrid working role was a pyrrhic victory for Olivia Crowshaw. While the 23-year-old relished her new-found freedom, remote […]
Read more →Heathrow’s flight of fancy not needed
Stuck in a holding pattern. Not airline passengers but the UK Treasury, at least when it comes to evaluating the […]
Read more →Ministers promise to protect small businesses in workers’ rights overhaul
Small business owners have been promised by ministers that their interests will be considered in the government’s overhaul of workers’ […]
Read more →Can the EU avoid Mario Draghi’s ‘slow agony’?
I had started to think that the UK had cornered the market in de-motivational political addresses. However, a 400-page report […]
Read more →Pret A Manger sales rise above £1bn
Pret A Manger rang up £1 billion in sales for the first time last year as it expanded in international […]
Read more →Gatwick passenger numbers up by 7.7 per cent
Gatwick airport is experiencing what it calls one of its busiest summers, with 19.9 million passengers travelling through its two […]
Read more →Mike Ashley’s younger daughter appointed director
Mike Ashley has appointed his younger daughter as a director at his sprawling retail and property empire. Matilda Ashley, 27, […]
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