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Pubs could stay open longer under licensing reforms
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When is the Budget and what might be in it?
Posted onJennifer Clarke & Tom EspinerBBC News Reuters The Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set out plans for the economy when she delivers the Budget on 26 November. There have been warnings that she will have to put up taxes or cut spending if she wants to stick to her own rules on government borrowing. Before the…
The two farms in Senegal that supply many of the UKs vegetables
Posted onBetween January and March, if you browse the fresh produce aisles of the UK’s biggest food retailers, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Aldi and Lidl, you’re likely to see spring onions, radishes, green beans, chillis, butternut squash, and cobs of corn, all labelled Produce of Senegal.
Help to Save scheme to be offered to more people
Posted onKevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Getty Images More people on low incomes will be encouraged to save through a scheme that offers a large government bonus, the Treasury has announced. About three million people on universal credit are currently eligible for the scheme, which sees the government add 50p for every pound saved after two…
Fracking transforms an Argentine town but what about the nation?
Posted onMatías Zibell GarcíaBusiness reporter, Añelo, Argentina Matías Zibell García The Argentine town of Añelo has a bull statue that symbolises the region’s economic potential Mechanic Fabio Javier Jiménez found himself in the right place at the right time. When his father moved their family-owned tyre repair shop to the rural Argentine town of Añelo, it…
