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‘Ugly’ phone boxes that blight UK streets should be removed, says thinktank

The new Labour government should remove “ugly” modern phone kiosks that are blighting high streets and attracting litter and graffiti, a leading thinktank has...

North-east companies ‘staffing up for economic growth’, says survey – Aberdeen Business News

ALMOST three-quarters of companies in the North-east are staffing up for growth amid signs that the economy is returning to prosperity.More than half of...

Labour says higher-than-forecast UK borrowing shows economic challenge ahead

Labour has said it has received the worst economic inheritance since the second world war after official figures showed the government borrowed more than...

Nationwide gets green light for £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money

Nationwide’s takeover of Virgin Money will not reduce competition for mortgages and credit cards, the competition watchdog has ruled, as it gave it the...

Harland & Wolff: Business Secretary to make statement on Monday

7 minutes agoBy John Campbell, BBC News NI Economics & Business EditorPAOn Wednesday, the Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, said the government is committed to the...

Global IT outage knocks airlines, banks and others offline

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Airports, trains and checkouts: Everything affected by global IT outage

The Telegraph has been hit by issues with logging into computer systems...

British retail sales slump by more than forecast amid chilly weather

Retail sales in Great Britain slumped in June by more than forecast as cautious households reined in their spending amid poor weather, election uncertainty...

UK government debt highest since 1962

The UK's national debt has reached its highest level since 1962, according to new official figures.The total stock of government debt was worth 99.5%...

Banks, media, airlines hit by major IT outage

A raft of global institutions - including major banks, media outlets and airlines - have reported suffering a mass IT outage.The US state of...

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