BBC halts reporting in Russia after new law passes
LONDON (Reuters) – The BBC said on Friday it had stopped reporting in Russia after parliament passed a law there imposing a jail..
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Shane Warne: the great who revived a fading art and inspired future leg spinners
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Former Australia captain and ‘voice of cricket’ Richie Benaud, who passed away in 2015..
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Financial screws turned on Russia as insurers exit, London stocks halted
By Carolyn Cohn and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -Russia’s global financial isolation intensified on Friday as the London Sto..
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U.S., allies slam Russia at U.N. over its seizure of Ukraine nuclear plant
By Humeyra Pamuk and Doina Chiacu (Reuters) -The United States and its allies heavily criticized Russia on Friday at the United Nation..
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Russia seizes Ukraine nuclear power plant as forces lay siege to cities
By Pavel Polityuk and Aleksandar Vasovic LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces in Ukraine seized Europe’s biggest nuclear..
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Tesla’s long-delayed German gigafactory gets conditional green light
By Nadine Schimroszik and Christoph Steitz POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) -Tesla received a conditional go-ahead for its German gigafactor..
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Surge in the volume of people using equity release to repay their standard mortgage
[London, Thursday 3rd March 2022] – New figures from market-leading equity release broker Age Partnership show there has been mo..
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Newly unveiled app enables consumers to make more sustainable food choices
An app designed to help consumers make informed choices about the environmental impact of their weekly food shop has recently celebrat..
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ONE IN FOUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS STATE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY CHASING LATE PAYMENTS
Over a fifth of small businesses state cash flow and late payments as their biggest financial challenge for 2022. More than a quarte..
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Alchemy Machines raises $400K pre-seed for next generation transcription technology
SFC Capital leads round into industry-first “Conversational Intelligence” that automates multi-voice professional transcriptions, prot..
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Snowflake Announces Intent to Acquire Streamlit to Empower Developers and Data Scientists to Mobilise the World’s Data
The acquisition will enable developers to build apps using tools they love with simplified data access and governance 02 March, 2022 ..
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Fitness provider launches £1.2m investment round to expand premium community gym brand
EQL Fitness announces ambitious expansion plans including new Wembley Park premises EQL Fitness, a community-focused premium gym oper..
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PROTEUS HIRES DIRECTOR OF SALES TO AID EXPANSION INTO THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Proteus, the change and transformation consultancy, today announces its latest strategic hire, Paul Stephens. Paul will join Proteus a..
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Coinbase, Binance resist calls to kick Russians off crypto platforms
By Niket Nishant (Reuters) -Two of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase Global Inc and Binance, rejected calls..
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Switzerland adopts new EU sanctions on Russia
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government on Friday widened sanctions against Russia in step with further measures imposed by the ..
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The UK has seen a 21% increase in the number of new companies started in 2021 compared to 2020.
After many challenging years for businesses across the UK, Instant Offices has analysed Companies House data to work out which UK citi..
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Hack Your Voice for the interviewing candidate
Interviewing? Candidates can’t just turn up and stand out from the crowd. In a high pressured interview environment, the answer to a..
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What does the post-Covid restrictions sales landscape look like?
By Paul Owen, Sales Talent All legal Covid restrictions in England have now come to an end. The pandemic has turned the wa..
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Sterling falls 1% versus dollar, rises against euro
LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling declined 1% to $1.3216 as the dollar strengthened against a basket of currencies on safe-haven deman..
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Tech CEOs are in it for the long haul, according to new research from ECI Partners
1 in 5 technology CEOs plan to lead their business until at least 2030, a longer planned tenure than CEOs in any other sector, accord..
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Fortescue buys Williams Advanced Engineering and announces world’s first infinity train
Marking its transition to a global green renewables and resources company, Fortescue has today completed the acquisition of UK-based ..
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KYB “category creator” Detected raises 1.5 million in 4th funding round
London, 2nd March 2022: Today, Detected, the critical infrastructure component for global KYB compliance, announces it has raised an a..
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Child Friendly Cleaning Brand Welcomes Justin King as an Investor and Advisor
Justin King CBE has joined London-based sustainable cleaning products producer Nimble. The former Sainsbury’s CEO, who has invested in..
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Majority of UK businesses failing to offer employees adequate workplace pension support
A new survey has revealed how senior decision makers within leading UK businesses are managing their employee benefit schemes. It foun..
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7 in 10 business account holders have never switched business bank providers
3 in 5 (60%) business account holders have their business account with the same provider as their primary personal account Online ban..
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Zoom Video Communications Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results
Year-end number of customers contributing more than $100,000 in trailing 12 months revenue up approximately 66% year over year Fourth..
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Avalanche Blockchain Now Accessible to 4.5M Users Across Wirex App, Wallet & Payment Ecosystem
Wirex, a leader in the crypto sphere, has expanded its ecosystem to enable 4.5 million users to access the popular Avalanche blockchai..
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Testsigma raises $4.6M from Accel and STRIVE to launch open source test automation platform
Impact: Testing is now done at least 5X faster, software delivery cycles shortened by at least 30% Traction: Platform used by thousan..
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A new study by Fasthosts reveals that 60% of Brits are personally affected by after-hours work emails
A new report by Fasthosts has revealed the number of after-hours emails Brits receive daily and how this impacts them in their person..
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Analysis-War in Ukraine puts pressure on East European banks to prop up sinking currencies
By Gergely Szakacs and Alan Charlish BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is putting pressure on centr..
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Lebanese bank closes over 30 British-held accounts after UK ruling-depositors’ group
By Timour Azhari and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Bank Audi has closed more than 30 accounts belonging to UK nat..
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NATO rejects Ukraine no-fly zone, says ‘not part of this’ war
By Simon Lewis and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO allies rejected Ukraine’s demand for no-fly zones on Friday, saying t..
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Russia’s offer to foreign firms: stay, leave or hand over the keys
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Companies around the globe grappled with a dilemma over what to do with their Russian investments on Friday as Mosco..
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Ukraine to confront Russia at Int’l Court of Justice on Monday
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia will face off Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a hearing on emerge..
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Oil steadies from decade-highs as Iran talks kindle supply hopes
By Marcy de Luna HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil steadied after hitting prices not seen in roughly a decade on Thursday, as sellers jump..
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Russian ETF jumps as some sense bargains in ‘uninvestable’ market
By Danilo Masoni MILAN (Reuters) – A Russia-exposed ETF rose by more than 100% in London on Thursday in a sign that some investo..
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Ukraine demands ceasefire, humanitarian corridors at talks with Russians
By Maksym Levin and Pavel Polityuk BORODYANKA/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian negotiators at talks with Russian officials on..
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