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Reaching more people with microfinance
Robert Wardrop, Executive Director, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance “A good example would be an organization called Kiva which makes small business loans in the US and offers microloans particularly to businesses both in...
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Eurostar profits lower due to Paris attacks, migrant disruption and stronger pound
Eurostar is blaming the Paris terrorist attacks and disruptions from migrants getting on to French train tracks for a drop in profits last year. The cross-Channel train operator also said the stronger value of the pound had an effect....
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J.G. Ballard’s dystopian novel ‘High-Rise’ hits the big screen
Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller and Luke Evans star in a cinematic adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel ‘High Rise.’ Take a trip into JG Ballard’s 1970s britishlibrary Sun March 13 https://t.co/bIgQfTspBL pic.twitter.com/Ed3xLyu6VX—...
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Starship Technologies trial robot delivery system in Greenwich, London
The Starship Enterprise, Starship Troopers now Starship Technologies, the company launched by the co-founders of Skype, is hosting trials of its self-driving delivery robots in Greenwich, London. Starship Technologies (starshiprobots) to...
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UK sugar tax gets sour response
There has been an angry reaction from manufacturers to a new tax on high-sugar drinks in Britain. The levy will be imposed on companies based on how much sugar they put into their beverages. It is anticipated the tax will raise about 500...
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Brexit ‘could cost UK billions’ says Confederation of British Industry
The British government has fresh ammunition in its campaign to keep the UK in the European Union. New research claims the so-called Brexit could cost its economy 100 billion pounds (127 seven billion euros) by 2020. As well as hitting...
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Facebook’s UK tax bill could jump from thousands to millions
Facebook is changing the way it does business which could mean it has to pay millions more in tax in Britain. Previously its tax bill there was tiny as it shifted money from advertising sales in the UK to Ireland. There was widespread...
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RWE ‘to cut 2,500 jobs at its struggling British subsidiary npower’
Germany utility firm “RWE“http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/en/8/rwe/ is reportedly about to announce it will cut around 2,500 jobs at :npower”:http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/en/97798/rwe-npower/, its struggling British subsidiary. The expected...
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More problems for Hinkley Point as EDF executive quits in protest
French utility firm EDF has said it will not delay a decision on building two nuclear reactors in the south west of England even though the company’s Finance Director Thomas Piquemal has quit in protest because he said the project is too...
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Brexit battle reaches Britain’s central bank
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has been appearing before eurosceptic UK lawmakers, defending his view that Britain leaving the European Union could hit the country’s economy. Carney said the BoE would not assess the long-term...
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German police get ISIS personal data files
Possible treasure trove of documents could be the most significant leak on fighters and operations across the Middle East
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New Hinkley Point warning for EDF from France’s public auditor
There has been another warning about EDF’s planned nuclear reactor project at Hinkley Point in Britain. France’s top public auditor has said the controversial plan is potentially risky for the state-controlled power firm. As part of a...
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Tiggs Da Author: the next Pharrell
London-based poet, rapper and singer-songwriter Tiggs Da Author is following up his bouncy debut single ‘Georgia’ with the infectious ‘Run’ and a sunny video clip shot in Cape Town. For this latest offering, Tiggs enlisted the talents of...
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British business bosses sign Brexit letter
36 FTSE 100 firms Telecoms giant BT, retailers Marks and Spencer and oil firm BP included Bank of England making ‘contingency plans’ Bookies say odds of leaving rose sharply after BoJo announcement The bosses of more than a third of...
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Deal to avoid Brexit ‘irreversible’, Tusk tells MEPs
The European Council President Donald Tusk has told MEPs that a deal struck by EU leaders last week aimed at keeping Britain in the bloc is irreversible and cannot be annulled by EU judges. Tusk, who chaired last Friday’s summit, said...
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UK economic growth solid but heavily dependent on consumer spending
People going shopping remained one of the biggest factors in the growth of Britain’s economy at the end of last year. The economic recovery is relying heavily on services companies and household demand amid a sharp fall in business...
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Sacha Baron Cohen is back with satire ‘Grimsby’
British provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen is back with his latest satire ‘Grimsby’. The film stars Baron Cohen as Nobby, an unemployed father of nine from the northern English town that gave the film its name, who is reunited with his...
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Leonardo Da Vinci – the imagination and inventions of a genius
From winged flying machines and parachutes, to diving suits and giant crossbows, London’s Science Museum is exploring the inner workings of Leonardo da Vinci. In total there are 39 historical models on display. They were originally...
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Rolls-Royce shares flying high even as it halves share dividend
Rolls-Royce was flying high on the London stock market on Friday even though it announced its profit for all of last year slid 16 percent due to a slowdown in demand for some of its engines. The company also warned of continued tough...
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Madame X takes to the stage in Strapless, a Royal Ballet production inspired by a scandalous painting
British choreographer Christopher Wheeldon has enlisted some of the Royal Ballet’s top stars for his latest production, Strapless, a ballet inspired by a painting that shocked 19th century Parisian society. John Singer Sargent’s Portrait...
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Next stop the Oscars! ‘The Revenant’ gets a big BAFTA boost
Survival drama ‘The Revenant’ was the big winner at Britain’s leading film awards, the BAFTAs, on Sunday – putting it in pole position for success in the upcoming Oscars. Its five gongs included Best Director for Mexican Alejandro...
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UK jobless rate unchanged, wage growth slows
Unemployment in the UK fell by 60,000 in the final three months of 2015 to 1.69 million. The jobless rate remained unchanged at 5.1 percent of the workforce – the lowest level in a decade. But despite the strong labour market wage growth...
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Dreaming of Britain – Calais migrants don’t give up hope
As EU leaders set their sights on trying to reach a deal to keep the UK in the bloc, refugees in Calais are still longing to reach British shores. A refugee camp close to the French port is home to some 4,000 people. Many of them have...
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Brexit deal: What’s been agreed?
After all of the marathon debate and discussion here at the European Council in Brussels, finally Britain has sealed a deal on its EU reform demands. It is a deal Prime Minister David Cameron is hailing and eurosceptics are dismissing....