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The management of Poundland, which employs 12,000 people and operates 600 stores in the UK and Ireland, will seek a two-week extension of legal protection from creditors from the high court on Thursday morning. The…
Read moreConcerns about the 18-metre-high "megashed" in the village of Astley , Greater Manchester, are being examined by Britain's office of the transport commissioner. A deputy transport commissioner, John Baker, launched an…
Read moreThe retailer’s directors, Barry Williams and Shaun Wills, are set to hold an emergency board meeting on Wednesday night over whether to trigger an extension to a moratorium which is holding off its creditors from calling…
Read moreThe tax authority currently has powers to request and obtain copies of digital “records” if it has a legitimate reason to do so to determine whether a taxpayer has paid the correct amount of tax. However, under the…
Read moreThe broadcaster plans to make £30m in "temporary" savings, including £25m in content and £5m elsewhere in the business. The announcement by ITV, which has agreed to sell its television and streaming business to Sky, came…
Read more“Successful airports are very often an engine for economic growth in the wider area – that’s true in Manchester, it’s true in London and elsewhere,” he said, adding: “I was responsible for the National Planning Act in…
Read moreTogether, they require almost £13bn of debt financing. But he can't claim they represent a fresh expression of confidence. The project has been on the runway since the German utility RWE, the developer, was awarded a…
Read moreCity law firm Pinsent Masons is set to slash jobs in its alternative legal resourcing unit as it plans to overhaul the platform. The unit, Vario, was set up in 2013 and employs full-time staff and a network of…
Read more“We have been through three consultations over three years,” he told an aviation event. “We have checked and double checked the objectives of that with our airlines. So this is a community decision and we have a big…
Read moreIt’s a play of two halves, both in structure and setting. The first act takes place in Victorian colonial Africa, opening with the cast singing an imperial anthem before patriarch Clive (Sam Troughton) introduces his…
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