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Takeaway owner delivers 1,000 gifts to children (BBC Business 2025-12-21 07:48:23)
Arfan Mohammed, the owner of Sizzlers Fastfood, delivers 1,000 Christmas gifts to local children.
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Supply 'too reliant' on one asset, says water firm boss (BBC Business 2025-12-20 19:59:17)
South East Water wants to expand output capacity after Tunbridge Wells issues, says David Hinton.
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London's West End bucks Christmas shopping trends (BBC Business 2025-12-20 07:54:08)
While UK high streets saw a drop in footfall on Black Friday, the West End saw a rise in shoppers.
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Removed Ben & Jerry's chair says Magnum aimed to 'smear' her (BBC Business 2025-12-19 20:48:44)
Anuradha Mittal was ejected from the board of the ice cream maker this week.
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Tourists to face €2 fee to get near Rome's Trevi Fountain (BBC Business 2025-12-19 20:05:52)
Visitors who don't live in Rome will have to pay to view the Baroque monument up close from February.
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Millions head off for Christmas on busiest day of festive getaway (BBC Business 2025-12-19 17:01:49)
Road, rail and air travellers are being advised to allow extra time for travel and check their routes.
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French court rejects Shein website suspension over childlike sex dolls (BBC Business 2025-12-19 15:49:16)
The fast-fashion giant welcomed the judgement and said its priority remains protecting French consumers.
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Young people will feel burden of UK's ageing society, report suggests (BBC Business 2025-12-19 14:53:15)
The House of Lords said raising the state pension age and increasing immigration would not be a solution.
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Will the US TikTok deal make it safer but less relevant? (BBC Business 2025-12-19 13:45:50)
The key to the app's success - its algorithm - is to be retrained on US data. Will that make US TikTok blander?
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Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m (BBC Business 2025-12-19 10:50:37)
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
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Retail sales fall as Black Friday deals fail to lure shoppers (BBC Business 2025-12-19 10:37:41)
Supermarket sales fell for the fourth month in a row, while discounts did not lift Black Friday spending in November, figures suggest.
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WH Smith probed by regulator over accounting error (BBC Business 2025-12-19 10:32:59)
The retailer says it plans to claw back bonuses awarded to executives at its North America business as a result of the mistakes.
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Government borrowing higher than expected in November (BBC Business 2025-12-19 08:10:23)
Borrowing - the difference between public spending and tax income - was £11.7bn last month.
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TikTok owner signs deal to avoid US ban (BBC Business 2025-12-19 07:27:18)
The deals would end years of efforts by Washington to force ByteDance to sell its US operations.
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A 45% school bus fare hike is too much, says dad (BBC Business 2025-12-19 06:21:51)
Ambi Ambituuni now expects to pay more than £300 a term for his daughter's bus journeys.
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AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor (BBC Business 2025-12-19 06:00:08)
Andrew Bailey says workers need to be trained to move into jobs that use AI, but adds it might not lead to mass unemployment.
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TikTok owner signs agreements to avoid US ban (BBC Business 2025-12-19 03:46:02)
The deals would end years of efforts by Washington to force ByteDance to sell its US operations.
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Japan hikes interest rate to highest level since 1995 as inflation bites (BBC Business 2025-12-19 03:28:32)
It comes as new PM Sanae Takaichi is keen for inflation to fall but also needs low government borrowing costs.
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TikTok owner signs agreements to avoid US ban (BBC Business 2025-12-19 02:16:55)
The deals would end years of efforts by Washington to force ByteDance to sell its US operations.
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TikTok owner signs deal to sell US business (BBC Business 2025-12-19 00:41:28)
The deal would end years of efforts by Washington to force ByteDance to sell its US operations.