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New car market grows for seventh month in a row

That's according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders The UK’s new car market has grown for seven consecutive months, new figures show. Some 74,441 new cars were registered last month, up 26.2% on February 2022, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said. The increase is due to an easing of global supply chain shortages, according to the industry body. The SMMT anticipates that registrations across the whole of 2023 will reach 1.79 million, up 11.1% onRead More

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CBI boss Tony Danker steps aside amid probe into workplace misconduct

Matthew Fell, the chief UK policy director at the CBI, will now lead the group on an interim basis during the probe The boss of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), one of the UK’s largest business groups, has stepped aside pending an investigation following complaints about his conduct in the workplace. The organisation said it had looked into an allegation about Tony Danker’s behaviour in January but found that “the issue did not require escalation to a disciplinary process”.Read More

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Costa Coffee hikes salaries for around 16000 workers ahead of minimum pay rise

The change will come into effect from the 1st of April Costa Coffee has unveiled plans to hike salaries for more than 16,000 UK workers as it became the latest firm to increase pay ahead of the minimum wage increase. The coffee chain, which is owned by the Coca-Cola Company, said it will raise the base rate of pay for workers across its 1,520 company-owned stores in the UK from £10 an hour to £10.70 an hour from April 1.Read More

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Lewis Hamilton talks on back burner as Mercedes focus on reversing slow start

The Silver Arrows finished 5th and 7th in the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One future is set to be put on hold as Mercedes attempt to resolve their miserable start to the new season. Hamilton finished fifth at the opening round in Bahrain on Sunday – 51 seconds behind winner Max Verstappen – with team-mate George Russell seventh. The seven-time world champion’s contract expires at the end of the season, and speculation is rife that heRead More

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Police find three dead during search for five people missing in Cardiff

Police searching for five people who disappeared after a night out in Cardiff say they have located three of them dead. The other two missing people have been transported to hospital with serious injuries. All five people, three women and two men, had last been seen in Cardiff in the early hours of Saturday. The women, Sophie Russon, 20, Eve Smith, 21, and Darcy Ross, 21, were last seen in Cardiff in the early hours of Saturday having travelled thereRead More

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Hancock like a headless chicken says expert

The former vaccines taskforce boss has branded Matt Hancock a “bit like a headless chicken”, as new messages emerged in the leak of the former health secretary’s WhatsApp correspondence. Dr Clive Dix, the former chairman of the Vaccines Taskforce, used an article in the Telegraph to call Mr Hancock the “the most difficult of all the ministers because he didn’t take time to understand anything”. “He was all over the place, a bit like a headless chicken. He often madeRead More

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Pools in seventh heaven after record derby victory

Liverpool turned in a stunning display to rout old foes Manchester United 7-0 during another frantic weekend of Premier League football. Mohamed Salah became Liverpool’s record Premier League scorer as they put the boot into Manchester United’s chances of joining the title race with a humiliating and historic 7-0 mauling at Anfield. The future of the Reds’ forward line paved the way as Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo scored twice to demolish their arch-rivals with a result which was the largestRead More

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Relegation rivals in stalemate

Brennan Johnson’s double helped Nottingham Forest twice come from behind to earn a vital point in a 2-2 draw against Everton in a crunch clash at the bottom of the Premier League. First-half goals from Demarai Gray and Abdoulaye Doucoure had put the Toffees on course for a third win in six games under Sean Dyche at the City Ground. But Johnson, who cancelled out Gray’s early penalty, ensured his side earned a share of the spoils with his second 13 minutesRead More

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New legislation is just one part of action to stop the boats vows minister

Home Secretary Suella Braverman is set to publish long-promised legislation as soon as Tuesday New legislation pledged by the Prime Minister to tackle illegal migration will form only one part of the Government’s response to the issue, a senior minister has said. It comes as Home Secretary Suella Braverman is set to publish long-promised legislation as soon as Tuesday that would make asylum claims inadmissible from those who travel to the UK on small boats. Mr Sunak on Sunday vowedRead More

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