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31 Dec
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Monday newspaper round-up: Brexit funds, Intu, Rolls-Royce, food

The embattled shopping centre group behind Manchester’s Trafford Centre and Lakeside in Essex is the landlord most exposed to the collapse of HMV, with 15 of its sites occupied by the music retailer that called in administrators on Friday. Intu Properties, which was on the receiving end of two failed approaches this year and has suffered multiple tenant failures across its portfolio, has more sites rented out to HMV than any other retail property group, analysis by The Times has found.

28 Dec
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Friday newspaper round-up: Energy price hikes, house prices, Three

This year has proved the worst ever for the number of price rises energy suppliers have inflicted on consumers. Energy firms announced a total of 57 price increases in 2018 compared with 15 last year, according to new analysis. Some of the challenger firms upped tariffs as many as three times across the year and several of the big six that dominate the market raised them twice. Altogether, an average of £74 was added to annual dual fuel bills. – Guardian.

27 Dec
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Gatwick, business confidence, outsourcers

US investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is selling a majority stake in Gatwick Airport for £2. 9bn. The UK’s second-biggest airport was bought by a GIP-led consortium in 2009, which will sell a 50. 01% stake to Vinci Airports. The airport, the eighth-busiest in Europe by passenger numbers, was heavily disrupted in the runup to Christmas after reports of drone sightings closed its runway. – Guardian.

24 Dec
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Monday newspaper round-up: Deliveroo, Norwegian Air, retailers

Global investors are braced for more turbulence in 2019 after the White House intensified its criticism of the US’s most senior central banker. Over the weekend, a flurry of reports claimed Donald Trump had discussed the possibility of firing the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell. Such an unprecedented move would trigger further instability in the markets, which have already had their worst year since the 2008 crisis. – Guardian.

21 Dec
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Friday newspaper round-up: Chaotic Brexit, takeover warning, retail surge

Officials are planning to tell Britons to change what they eat in the event of a chaotic Brexit because Whitehall predicts that some sources of fresh food from European Union countries would be cut off. The government has begun detailed planning on food supplies if Britain leaves without a deal and has identified a number of sites for massive hangars to stockpile food, including one near Carlisle and others in Scotland and on the south coast. - The Times.

20 Dec
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Uber, Facebook, Sainsbury/Asda merger, Brexit chicken

Judges have dismissed Uber’s appeal against a landmark employment tribunal ruling that its drivers should be classed as workers with access to the minimum wage and paid holidays. Master of the rolls, Sir Terence Etherton, along with Lord Justice Bean, backed an October 2016 employment tribunal ruling that could affect tens of thousands of workers in the gig economy. A third judge, Lord Justice Underhill, dissented, leading to a 2-1 majority decision. – Guardian.

18 Dec
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: House prices, accounting firms, Google, Zuckerberg

House prices will stagnate in 2019 and the number of sales fall as a mixture of Brexit and affordability constraints takes its toll on the property market, according to Britain’s surveyors and valuers. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said it expected the number of house sales to fall back by 5% to around 1. 15m compared with 2018. The number of sales will remain sharply below the 1. 7m that changed hands in the peak year of 2006. – Guardian.

17 Dec
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Monday newspaper round-up: Brexit, exports, Lloyds, HS2, Pat Val

The pillars of the global financial system are fundamentally unstable and could lead to a frightening chain-reaction in the next crisis, the world’s top watchdog has warned. Giant "central counterparties" (CCPs) that clear much of the $540 trillion (£428 trillion) nexus of derivatives are themselves vulnerable to failure in times of extreme stress. - Telegraph.

16 Dec
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Sunday newspaper round-up: Brexit, economic outlook, Interserve, Hammerson, Sainsbury's

Two of Theresa May’s most senior allies are preparing for a second EU referendum behind her back, opening up another Tory civil war. David Lidington — May’s deputy in all but name — held talks with Labour MPs on Thursday in an effort to build a cross-party coalition for a new vote as the prime minister faced a week of humiliation at the hands of MPs and European Union leaders. - Sunday Times.

14 Dec
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Friday newspaper round-up: Brexit, low wages, rail strikes, Shell, Imagination Technologies

Theresa May was humiliated by European leaders late last night after they rejected pleas for any further concessions to get her Brexit deal through parliament. France and Ireland led a move to strike out a compromise agreement that would have given the prime minister “political and legal assurances” that Britain would not be trapped in an indefinite Irish backstop. - The Times.

13 Dec
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Brexit, gambling ads, derivatives

Brexit is battering the UK property market, pushing it to its weakest level in more than six years, with almost half of surveyors reporting that sellers and buyers are sitting tight because of political uncertainty. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said its monthly indicators for demand, supply and prices fell to multiyear lows in November. – Guardian.

12 Dec
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Confidence, property, travel, Uber, Tesla

Theresa May will be put under pressure at her cabinet meeting today to start planning for a no-deal Brexit, with ministers around the table expecting a vote on her future to be called within hours. Cabinet members are set to push the prime minister to step up preparations for a hard Brexit as some claim that she has repeatedly stalled spending decisions to prepare for such an outcome. - The Times.

11 Dec
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: North-South divide, e-receipts, Brexit, Ghosn

Slowing growth in London since the Brexit vote has put the British economy on track to narrow the north-south economic divide over the coming three years, according to a report. The accountancy firm EY, despite warning of a weaker outlook for almost every region through to 2021 amid continuing Brexit uncertainty, said London would no longer continue to grow at a much faster pace than the rest of the country. – Guardian.

10 Dec
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Monday newspaper round-up: Brexit, retailers, Amazon, May, Interserve

A pair of hedge funds owned by prominent Brexit supporters have made significant bets against companies exposed to the British consumer including big high street names. Odey Asset Management, part-owned by Crispin Odey, and Marshall Wace, part-owned by Sir Paul Marshall, have declared short positions against consumer-exposed companies, including retailers, estate agents and banks, equivalent to £149m and £572m respectively – as rising political uncertainty threatens the economy.

07 Dec
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Friday newspaper round-up: Brexit, O2, Huawei, Lyft

Theresa May’s plans for a crackdown on immigration after Brexit could cause UK companies to go bust and spark job losses across the country, the head of Britain’s biggest business lobby group has warned. Carolyn Fairbairn, the director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), said the measures aimed at restricting low-skilled immigration could have unintended consequences, and warned the prime minister against using “derogatory terms” about EU migrants working in Britain.

06 Dec
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Huawei CFO, Facebook, KMPG, Capita

Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial officer in Vancouver, where she is facing extradition to the US in a move likely to exacerbate tensions between the US and China. Meng Wanzhou, one of the vice-chairs on the Chinese technology company’s board and the daughter of the company founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested on 1 December and a court hearing has been set for Friday, according to Canada’s department of justice. The arrest is reportedly related to violations of US sanctions.

05 Dec
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: China, director pay, coal, ITV

China has said that Beijing and Washington will push forward with trade negotiations in the next 90 days and it is confident that an agreement can be reached but doubts remain over whether the two sides can resolve their deep differences. The commerce ministry, in a brief statement on its website, also said China would work to implement specific issues already agreed upon as quickly as possible. - Guardian.

04 Dec
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Banks, Sainsbury's, trains, retailers

Financial institutions are coming under pressure from countries in the European Union to relocate more of their business from London ahead of Brexit, the City regulator has warned. Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, said that companies were being lobbied to move operations to rival trading centres as countries look to maximise the amount of business they win from Brexit at the expense of the City. - The Times.

03 Dec
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Monday newspaper round-up: Trade truce, Brexit, Barclays, Centrica

China has agreed to “reduce and remove” tariffs below the 40% level that Beijing is currently charging on US cars, Donald Trump has claimed, amid a trade war truce agreed by the two countries. The US president and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to halt new tariffs during talks in Argentina on Saturday, following months of escalating tensions on trade and other issues. - Guardian.

02 Dec
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Sunday newspaper round-up: US-China, Brexit, Royal Mail, Barclays, Shire

China and the United States have agreed to halt additional tariffs as both nations engage in new trade negotiations with the goal of reaching an agreement within 90 days, the White House said on Saturday after talks between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping in Argentina. - Sunday Telegraph.