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Nissan shares tumble by most since August amid Honda deal worries
Shares in the Japanese carmaker
have tumbled in their biggest fall sinceAugust’s stock market sell-off
, as investors turned their attention to the company’s planned tie-up withdomestic rivals Honda and Mitsubishi
.Nissan’s shares fell by as much as 15% on Friday, before regaining …
Calls to save the UK’s ailing nightclub industry after another year of closures
When the patrons of Watford’s Przym nightclub celebrated New Year’s Eve on 31 December 2023, they were marking the end of an era, or rather, the end of seven eras. Like every beloved local club, the venue had been known by multiple names over the years: Top Rank, Bailey’s, Paradise …
Germany’s president dissolves parliament ahead of snap election
Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has dissolved parliament and called a snap election on 23 February after Olaf Scholz’s fractious three-way coalition collapsed three years into its mandate.
The national vote will come seven months ahead of schedule amid a rocky stretch of unusual political turmoil for the EU’s top economic …
London-listed miner pauses Mozambique operation amid political unrest
The London-listed mining company Gemfields said it had temporarily halted its ruby mining operation in Mozambique after groups
to set fire and attempt to invade its site, resulting in two deaths.ECB faces tough task after flip in fortunes for eurozone economies
The European Central Bank is facing a tough balancing act in 2025 as it tries to navigate a reversal of fortunes in eurozone economies, as the hardest-hit nations of the 2010s debt crisis outperform the traditional core.
Highlighting a potential shift in power dynamics within the single currency bloc, economists …
Nigel Farage working as paid brand ambassador for gold bullion firm
Nigel Farage has been working as a paid brand ambassador for a gold bullion firm in a third job alongside his roles as an MP and a GB News presenter.
The MP for Clacton and Reform party leader promoted gold on behalf of Direct Bullion on a podcast sponsored by …
More than 28,000 UK retailers face ‘significant’ financial distress
More than 28,000 retailers are facing “significant” financial distress at the end of 2024, driven by rising business costs and weak consumer confidence, according to a report.
The number of retailers under the more severe measure of “critical” financial distress jumped 25% to 2,124 in the final three months of …
From dream to reality: Go-op, Britain’s first cooperative railway
The idea for the country’s first cooperative rail service came to Alex Lawrie in 2004 after another frustrating trip across Somerset.
Having moved to Yeovil four years earlier with his young family, his job as a cooperative development manager involved daily trips across the south-west trying to set up member-owned …
UK steel industry calls for government to buy British in offshore wind push
The UK steel industry has called for the government to promise to buy British as it prepares for a major expansion of offshore wind generation.
, contributing 29% of generated electricity in 2023. However, despite the …