Covid-19 contract-tracing apps are less trusted by those from socially disadvantaged backgrounds
People who are mistrusting, socially disadvantaged, or have less digital access, are generally more negative towards the idea of using..
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UK maps out return to higher foreign aid spending after COVID cuts
By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s spending on foreign aid should return to 0.7% of economic output by 2024/25, financ..
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Reactions to UK budget
LONDON (Reuters) – UK finance minister Rishi Sunak promised higher public spending and tax cuts as Britain’s economy rebou..
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Sunak promises more spending as UK emerges from pandemic
By David Milliken, Andy Bruce and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Finance minister Rishi Sunak used an upgrade to Britain’s ..
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McDonald’s sales soar on higher U.S. prices, newer menu items
By Aishwarya Venugopal and Hilary Russ (Reuters) -Higher U.S. prices and celebrity-themed meals boosted quarterly comparable sales at ..
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Gas price surge pushes Europe’s ceramics industry to breaking point
By Stephen Jewkes, Isla Binnie and Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – Continental Europe’s $35 billion ceramics industry tho..
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Hackers-for-hire are biggest cybersecurity threat -EU agency
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hackers-for-hire emerged as the biggest threat to online security in the last 15 months, wi..
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Santander to release some pandemic provisions as profits jump
By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -Santander is to release some of the cash it set aside at the height of the pandemic in a sign the Sp..
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Aqueous Digital’s Paula Berry Awarded Chartered Manager Status
Digital marketing agency, Aqueous Digital’s Customer Relationship Manager, Paula Berry is celebrating this week, having achieved the h..
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Hall & Partners Announces Tim Wragg as CEO
25 October 2021 Wragg joins the global insight agency after a distinguished career at competitors Kantar and Millward Brown London, 25..
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PinnTag is on its way to drive revenue for Small Businesses
PinnTag https://join.pinntag.com/business is a brand-new promotional app for offers and events, looking to reinvent the way we have so..
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EU countries split over joint response to energy price spike
By Kate Abnett LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -European Union countries failed to agree on a bloc-wide response to surging energy prices in an e..
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Exclusive-German govt expects inflation to surge to 2.9% in 2021 – source
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government expects consumer price inflation to surge to 2.9% this year and ease to 2.2% next year,..
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Myanmar a no-show at summit after ASEAN sidelines junta boss
By Ain Bandial BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) – A Southeast Asian summit started on Tuesday without military-ruled Myanmar, after..
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Reckitt lifts full-year forecast as mobility, vaccinations pick up
By Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) – Higher vaccination rates and improved mobility during the third quarter drove strong demand for ..
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Why we hired a ‘Chief Exploring Officer’
By: Camille Lorigo, Marketing Director, Point A Hotels Generating interest in a new product or customer offer can be notoriously chall..
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Why we need to integrate entrepreneurship into the school curriculum
By: Sam Smith, CEO, finnCap As an entrepreneur myself, I strongly believe in making entrepreneurship a career path truly open to all. ..
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Russian COVID cases hit record high as eastern Europe imposes new curbs
By Luiza Ilie and Gleb Stolyarov BUCHAREST/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported a record high number of daily COVID-19 cases and s..
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Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally – documents
By Elizabeth Culliford and Brad Heath (Reuters) – Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a..
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Key moments from decades of climate conferences
By Andrea Januta (Reuters) – This year’s U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, marks the 26th time since 1995 that..
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Tesco says online services back up after interference ‘attempt’
LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket chain Tesco said its website and app are back up after the services were disrupted by an attempt..
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Britain’s Co-op bank confirms TSB approach
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Co-operative Bank confirmed on Monday that it expressed interest in potentially buying TSB fr..
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Cricket-Stokes added to England’s Ashes squad
(Reuters) – All-rounder Ben Stokes has been added to England’s squad for the Ashes tour of Australia, England’s cric..
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UK consumers ready to abandon organisations after poor service during pandemic, Quadient research finds
Issues include consumers having to share data with businesses they don’t trust; increased spam; and failure to learn from the lessons ..
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Confident female investors challenge perceptions
Women are confident in their retirement prospects, bullish on equities, proactive on investment decisions…and opinionated about advise..
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As Bitcoin’s market cap surpasses $1 trillion, almost a third of young adults view cryptos as a safe investment
A recent study by KIS Finance has revealed that almost a third (27.5%) of young adults view cryptocurrencies as a safe form of investm..
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Exclusive-Italy woos Intel over multibillion-euro chip plant -sources
By Giulio Piovaccari and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN/ROME (Reuters) – Rome is drawing up an offer to try to convince Intel to invest bi..
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CM Group and Cheetah Digital Merge to Define Next Era of Customer-Centric Marketing
Combined Company to Focus on Developing Solutions for Marketing’s Most Critical Challenges from Acquisition through Retention and Loya..
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New Birmingham Boutique offices ready for launch
102 Colmore Row offers over 400 “home from home” workspaces The Boutique Workplace Company spaces are aimed towards SMEs and workers ..
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Promo abuse fastest-grow-ing fraud threat for online marketplaces, research shows
Promotion abuse is fast becoming a serious threat for online marketplaces, in addition to online payment fraud, friendly fraud and ref..
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Implants, AI and the no-cash generation – will payments in 2030 be a dystopia or a utopia?
New industry study explores the future of payments – from embedding ethics into transactions, to whether machine learning will make fi..
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China-Africa relationship at its strongest, says new report ahead of 8th Forum on China Africa Coopera-tion
China’s ever-growing engagement in Africa has been examined in a new report from China Foresight at LSE IDEAS, The London School of Ec..
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Brand New Podcast, How To Be A Dad, Coming To Every Major Streaming Service
How To Be A Dad’ is a new Dadsnet original podcast, coming to every major streaming service. ‘How to’ books are now a thing of the pas..
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U.S. CDC signs off on Moderna, J&J COVID-19 vaccine boosters, mix-and-match shots
By Manas Mishra and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommen..
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Duran Duran drop new album 40 years after debut
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) – When British pop band Duran Duran made their debut, they did not know how long they would la..
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Card spending in UK falls below pre-COVID average – ONS
LONDON (Reuters) – Spending on credit and debit cards in Britain fell last week to 97% of its pre-pandemic average in February 2..
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Norway’s DNB announces dividend after posting record Q3 earnings
By Victoria Klesty and Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s largest bank DNB reported its best ever third-quarter earn..
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