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Shareholder win! Covid contracts drive Serco to bumper profits and revenues
The company saw shares rise after it upgraded its performance guidance on Monday, as it also benefited from increased immigration work.
UK sets out £1tn post-Brexit export strategy – there’s just one problem
David Cameron set the same target as prime minister in 2012 - and it was meant to be hit by 2020.
Could French influence peddling investigation upend Veolia-Suez merger?
Ultimately, the job of the UK and EU competition authorities is to make sure that this merger won’t harm the two companies’ customers.
Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party makes it illegal for bosses to text workers out of hours
Portuguese politicians are leading the way in striking a balance between work and personal life for their country.
WATCH: Tory trade secretary insists UK wants ‘rich mix’ in House of Lords
It backfired immediately.
UK could cut its total electricity use by 1% if supermarkets put doors on fridges
Only the Co-op and Aldi have committed to fridge doors in all their new and newly refurbished stores.
Spanish lorry drivers step in to supply to UK shops in unseen workload hike
EU drivers have seen their workload increasing in post-Brexit Britain but not their salaries.
Days into COP, BP announces ‘better than expected’ profits
The oil giant said it had benefitted from soaring oil and gas prices, pushing profits to $3.3bn in Q3.
Freeports of ‘no economic benefit’ – Treasury watchdog concludes
The chancellor’s flagship policy will "alter the location rather than the volume of economic activity", the Office for Budget Responsibility concludes.