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EXCLUSIVE: The England cricket team’s kit-maker is accused of failing to pay a key supplier, even as it seeks a £1bn sale. telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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NEW: Reform UK is urging the Government to prevent the owner of Poundland breaking up the business.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Prime Minister is demanding answers about Poundland’s insolvency after its directors filed a notice to appoint administrators, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
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NEW: Poundland has now filed its notice of intention to appoint an administrator, confirming our story from yesterday afternoon.
EXCLUSIVE: Poundland directors poised to file notice to appoint administrators, The Telegraph can reveal.
The move will threaten thousands of jobs at the chain, which has roughly 600 stores across the UK.
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EXCLUSIVE: Poundland directors poised to file notice to appoint administrators, The Telegraph can reveal.
The move will threaten thousands of jobs at the chain, which has roughly 600 stores across the UK.
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NEW: Poundland bosses are seeking urgent legal advice after accusing its owner of starving the business of critical day-to-day funding.
Latest exclusive with @benjaminmarlow
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NEW: Board members appointed to salvage Poundland have quit in protest after owner Gordon Brothers tried to force the business into administration overnight. telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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NEW: The Government has been put on alert over the risk of thousands of job losses at Poundland. telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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NEW: Poundland scrambles to reassure suppliers after insurers halt cover telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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The first time I went to an Everton match was during the FA Cup in 1989. Unfortunately, it went the wrong way.
Tonight, they didn’t disappoint.
Thanks for the invite, @andyburnham.
ALT Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Burnham of the United Kingdom attend a football game in Liverpool, UK.
ALT Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Burnham of the United Kingdom attend a football game in Liverpool, UK.
ALT Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Burnham of the United Kingdom attend a football game in Liverpool, UK.
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NEW: The owner of Poundstretcher is exploring a potential deal for Poundland in a takeover that could unite two of Britain’s biggest budget high street chains.
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NEW: Germaine Chow, a Singaporean model turned property millionaire has brokered the sale of hundreds of Manchester flats to Asian investors. telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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NEW: #Labour is scrambling to defuse a row between airlines and #Heathrow over the cost of the airport’s third runway. telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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EXC Heathrow is attempting to de-escalate a row with airlines amid rising concern that work on the third runway will be delayed yet again and undermine Labour’s hopes of economic growth. telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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As well its beauty, the story of Sark is inextricably linked to the legacy of its most infamous residents: the Barclays
Decades after buying a fifth of the island, the family’s estate is crumbling. To some, it is emblematic of a financial empire in peril
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EXCLUSIVE Morrisons eyes sale of sprawling food making operations as Iran inflation threat grows - with @LukeVanceBarr telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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NEW Water boss accused of potential conflict of interest over lobbying ties telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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NEW: Hundreds of high-end London properties tied to a collapsed £2bn British shadow bank are to go on sale after being seized by administrators.
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NEW: Andy Burnham’s Manchester authority has admitted that a £1bn fund to build new skyscrapers across the city has delivered barely any affordable housing. telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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