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New blockbuster vaccine boosts sales and profits at drugs giant GSK
A NEW blockbuster vaccine has boosted sales and profits at drugs giant GSK.Last May, Arexvy became the world’s first approved vaccine for older sufferers of respiratory syncytial virus...
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Shell sees profits tumble 29% to £22.4billion — but announces dividend...
BRITISH energy giant Shell saw profits tumble 29 per cent last year after oil and gas prices fell.However, its £22.4billion earnings were still higher than all but one year since 2011, pushing shares...
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Meta shares soar 20 per cent with Mark Zuckerberg set to net £500m dividends
META PLATFORMS shares soared 20 per cent in early US trading yesterday after the firm revealed it will pay its first dividends in March.It plans quarterly payments from then on which could mean boss...
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Oil giants BP & Shell’s profits halve last year despite making whopping...
OIL giant BP followed rival Shell by seeing profits halve last year — but they still came in at a huge £11billion, it revealed yesterday.Lower prices meant the figure was well below 2022’s record...
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Job losses as housebuilder Barratt Developments snaps up smaller rival Redrow...
HOUSEBUILDER Barratt Developments is snapping up its smaller rival Redrow in a £2.5billion deal.But the tie-up won’t be good news for all of the two companies’ staff.GettyBetween them the two firms...
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Marmite and Magnum sales have dropped but Unilever profits have grown to...
SINGER Miley Cyrus appears to be enjoying the cream of the crop.The consumer goods giant Unilever, which makes Magnum ice creams, saw profits jump last year by selling slightly more products despite...
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Tesco flogs banking business to Barclays for £600m after running it for 27 years
TESCO has flogged its banking business to Barclays for £600million — after running it for 27 years.Barclays said there would be no changes, for now, for Tesco’s 5million bank customers as it takes over...
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High street bank pays compensation to thousands of customers after credit...
THOUSANDS of M&S banking customers have been offered compensation after facing eight-week delays, The Sun can reveal.It is understood a large number of M&S customers who applied for credit...
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Record 900,000 new start-ups were launched in the UK in 2023
A RECORD 900,000 companies were started in the UK 2023, according to a new report.The number of new businesses was 12 per cent higher than in 2022, according to Natwest.GettyA record 900,000 companies...
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Budget travel firm Jet2 ups profits forecast for year – and reveals top 10...
BUDGET travel firm Jet2 has upped its 2023 profits forecast for the third time as it says Brits are eager to flee “our rainy island”.Boss Steve Heapy said holidaymakers are flocking to hit sunspots in...
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British Gas owner under fire after profits increase ten-fold in single year...
THE owner of British Gas is under fire after its profits increased ten-fold in a single year to £750million.The supplier said the huge jump from £72million in 2022 was down to the regulator Ofgem...
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Who owns McDonald’s?
ANYONE who knows anything about fast food has heard the name McDonald’s.The home of the Big Mac runs over 35,000 restaurants across the globe, having started from humble origins.GettyMcDonald’s serves...
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Scandal-hit NatWest appoints new boss and hits milestone profit of £6.2billion
SCANDAL-hit NatWest has finally appointed a new boss: the bank’s former commercial chief Paul Thwaite.He has taken over from Dame Alison Rose, who resigned last year in the wake of the “debanking” row...
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Iconic UK high street store sparks bidding war as major firms fight it out
TWO major bidders are trying to grab a Currys takeaway, sending shares soaring at the high street electricals retailer.They leapt 38 per cent to 65p after interest from US firm Elliott Advisors and...
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Joy as competition watchdog begins probe on baby powder ‘profiteering’
BABY formula firms face a full profiteering investigation by watchdogs — as hard-up families pay “historically high” prices.The probe will force suppliers to give details on sales tactics and is a...
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War in Ukraine has made woke investors look again at defence firms, says BAE...
THE boss of BAE says the war in Ukraine has made woke investors look again at defence firms.Charles Woodburn revealed BAE’s share performance languished for many years as UK funds obsessed with ESG...
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Pimm’s maker Diageo bids to sell off Brit tipple to focus on global markets
DRINKS giant Diageo is asking buyers if it’s “Pimm’s O’clock” as it considers flogging the summertime fave British tipple.The company is working with bankers at Rothschild to explore a sale of the...
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Leisure centre operator ordered to axe facial recognition tech monitoring...
A LEISURE centre operator has been ordered to stop using facial recognition technology to monitor employee attendance.Serco Leisure was using it alongside fingerprint scanning on more than 2,000...
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UK’s biggest housebuilders could face hefty fines following damning probe...
EIGHT of the UK’s biggest housebuilders could face hefty fines over concerns they have shared information that could worsen the housing crisis.The Competition and Markets Authority watchdog yesterday...
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‘It’s an excuse to rip us off’ cry eBay users as platform set to introduce...
SELLERS using eBay in the UK will be hit with another fee in April, The Sun has learned.The second-hand shopping website will start charging sellers a “regulatory operating fee” of 0.35% of their total...
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