Next Shares Surge After Xmas Sales Growth

Next has reported it enjoyed strong sales growth in the run-up to Christmas and has now raised its annual profits guidance. The retailer confirmed it was to pay a fourth special dividend of the year while announcing a 2.9% increase in full price sales...

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House Prices Rise At Slowest Pace For A Year

UK house price growth eased to its weakest annual pace for 13 months in December, according to Nationwide. The building society's monthly index showed that property prices lifted by 7.2% annually this month to reach £188,559 on average, slowing...

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Greece Back In Crisis As Snap Election Forced

Greece has been plunged back into crisis mode by a snap parliamentary election that could yield a government opposed to the country's financial reforms. The Athens Stock Exchange was 10% down when it was confirmed that the government of prime minister...

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Will Greece's Crisis Mean Tragedy For The Euro?

If, as now looks quite possible, far-left party Syriza wins next month's snap elections, plunging Greece back into chaos, there will be more than a smidgeon of irony about the whole affair. For one thing, the elections mark almost exactly five years...

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Royal Mail, DX Snubbed City Link Rescue Deal

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Rival delivery companies including Royal Mail were approached about a pre-Christmas rescue of City Link, the parcel services provider which collapsed into administration this week. Sky News has learnt that Royal Mail...

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Profits Dripping Away For Dairy Farmers

By Becky Johnson, Sky News Reporter Andrew Wright gets up at 5.30am every day to milk his herd of 170 cows. He took over the farm in Cheshire from his parents twenty five years ago and had hoped to one day pass it on to his son. But times are tough...

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Online Shoppers To Break Xmas Day Records

Christmas Day online shoppers are predicted to set a new spending record splashing out an estimated £636m today. Shoppers are expected to make 142 million visits to retail sites today - a 25% increase on last year. Research by Experian and online...

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2,700 Jobs At Risk As City Link Collapses

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor More than 2,700 jobs are at risk over the festive period after one of the UK's biggest parcel delivery services companies collapsed into administration. Sky News has learnt that City Link, which has been a perennial...

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City High-Flyer In Sudden Exit From Signia

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor A top City wealth management firm backed by the billionaire founder of Phones 4U has seen its chief executive quit suddenly in the wake of a string of executive departures. Sky News understands that Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe,...

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Online Shoppers To Break Xmas Day Records

Christmas Day online shoppers are predicted to set a new spending record splashing out an estimated £636m today. Shoppers are expected to make 142 million visits to retail sites today - a 25% increase on last year. Research by Experian and online...

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Russian PM Admits 'Risk Of Deep Recession'

Russia's prime minister has admitted the country is at risk of entering a period of "deep recession," according to a news agency. Dmitry Medvedev's comments - quoted by RIA Novosti - were made as the country stepped up its efforts to...

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RBS Investigates Over 50 Staff In Forex Probe

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) says it is investigating the conduct of more than 50 past and present staff and suspended bonuses for 18 people as part of its forex scandal inquiry. In an update today on the accountability review, initiated after...

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Tesco Crisis: Accounting Probe Launched

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The accounting watchdog is to scrutinise the former finance director of Tesco during a probe into the financial statements of Britain's biggest retailer. Sky News understands that Laurie McIlwee, who left Tesco in April...

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Ex-B&Q Chief In Frame For Top Whitehall Role

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The former boss of B&Q's parent company is being lined up to take a key role in Whitehall as ministers prepare for a swingeing new round of public spending cuts. Sky News has learnt that Sir Ian Cheshire, who stepped...

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Push To Get More Women Into The Cockpit

By Charlotte Lomas, Sky News Reporter More than four decades after the first British female pilot took to the skies in a commercial airliner, there are still few women choosing flying as a career. But why are there so few female pilots? Of the 3,500...

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ITE Exhibits Move From Sanctions-Hit Russia

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor A London-listed exhibitions firm will this week announce a £20m takeover that will reduce its reliance on Russia amid the country's currency crisis and the ongoing impact of international sanctions. Sky News has learnt...

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Push To Get More Women Into The Cockpit

By Charlotte Lomas, Sky News Reporter More than four decades after the first British female pilot took to the skies in a commercial airliner, there are still few women choosing flying as a career. But why are there so few female pilots? Of the 3,500...

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North Korea: We Can Prove Hacking Wasn't Us

North Korea: We Can Prove Hacking Wasn't Us We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok. Close Play video "Doubts Raised Over Hacking Claims" Video: Doubts Raised Over Hacking Claims...

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Push To Get More Women Into The Cockpit

By Charlotte Lomas, Sky News Reporter More than four decades after the first British female pilot took to the skies in a commercial airliner, there are still few women choosing flying as a career. But why are there so few female pilots? Of the 3,500...

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'Panic Saturday' To Start Xmas Spending Spree

Shoppers are set to spend a total of £1.2bn on last minute gifts and groceries on what has been dubbed "Panic Saturday". Around 13 million consumers will spend £2.1m for every minute stores are open at an average of £92.31 per person, according to...

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RBS Loses Fight Over £4bn Investor Court Date

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will face angry investors in court by the end of 2016 in a legal case that is likely to see Fred Goodwin, its former boss, testify about the lender's implosion. Sky News has learnt that RBS...

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Russia's Crumbling Economy Faces Fresh Sanctions

Russia's crumbling economy could be hit further after the EU agreed on more santions over its intervention in Ukraine. Fresh punitive measures - banning investment in Crimea to target Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration - were agreed at the...

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Wellcome Trust Warns On 'Populist' Mansion Tax

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor One of Britain's most successful investors has issued a thinly veiled swipe at Labour's proposed mansion tax and warned that "populist politics" risk derailing Britain's economic revival. Speaking to Sky News, Danny...

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Mobile Networks Agree Deal To Boost UK Coverage

A £5bn project to guarantee mobile phone voice and text coverage to 90% of the UK geographical area by 2017 will go ahead. The deal means the four mobile networks - EE, O2, Three and Vodafone - have all agreed to tackle poor coverage in so-called...

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Rouble 'Critical' After Hitting All-Time Low

The deputy chairman of Russia's central bank has conceded the rouble is in deep trouble but says it will take action to remedy the problem soon. "The situation is critical. We could not imagine this in our worst nightmare a year ago," Sergei Shvetsov...

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Festive Cheer On Forecourt As Petrol Prices Fall

Petrol prices could soon fall below £1 per litre - the lowest level since the end of May 2009. The RAC said the recent fall in the price of  oil - now below the $60-a-barrel - would keep dropping. "What's currently happening at the pumps with...

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FCA Life Ban For Fare-Dodging Jonathan Burrows

The financial watchdog has banned a top fund manager from any role in the City after it was discovered he paid £43,000 to avoid prosecution for dodging train fares. Jonathan Paul Burrows, who was a London-based managing director at US investment firm...

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