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Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Getty Images Wage growth in the UK cooled slightly over the summer, as unemployment ticked up marginally. Average wage growth was 4.7% in the three months to August, down from 4.8% over the three months to July, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The national unemployment rate…
Penguin and Club bars can no longer be described as chocolate
McVitie’s Penguin and Club bars are no longer classed as chocolate after rising cocoa prices led the makers to switch to using other ingredients. Club bars had previously been marketed under the slogan: “If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, join our club”. But both treats are now described as “chocolate flavour”…
French tech giant Capgemini to sell US subsidiary working for ICE
Criticism of ICE practices has intensified in recent weeks since the shooting of 37-year-old Pretti, the second fatal shooting of a US citizen since immigration agents began surging several cities across the US, acting on the Trump administration’s drive to increase deportations of illegal immigrants.
Bankers to get bonuses quicker under rule change
Senior bankers will be able to pocket bonuses more quickly under a relaxation of rules brought in after the financial crisis of 2007/2008. Senior bankers have had to wait up to eight years to collect their bonus in full to make sure the deals they were being rewarded for turned out to be profitable longer…
Sizewell B nuclear power plant to operate for another 20 years
Wilson said TASC applauded the goal to phase out fossil fuels, but condemned “the government’s continued reliance on dirty and dangerous nuclear power”. He said this created a “multi-generational financial and environmental liability”, leaving our descendants with years of flood defence maintenance and the “insurmountable challenge of safe, millennia-long, highly radioactive nuclear waste isolation, amid…
Isas, cars and pensions: How the Budget affects you
Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Getty Images Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced her Budget, but details were published early by the official forecaster. Here are the key measures and how they will affect you and your money. You may pay more tax The amount of income at which you pay different rates of income tax…
