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Labour’s ‘chaotic’ zero-hour crackdown could cost firms £3bn per year

Economics

Labour’s ‘chaotic’ crackdown on zero-hour contracts could cost businesses nearly £3bn every year, though firms have warned the real cost could spiral even higher. The cost of the new rules, which include offering guaranteed-hour contracts to flexible employees and paying workers for cancelled shifts, has been revealed in a government impact assessment. The reforms could […]
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FTSE 100 Live

Opinion

Devolution should mean regions competing for investment

Opinion

The next phase of devolution should focus less on how funding is distributed and more on how growth is rewarded, says Gus Wiseman For more than 30 years, governments have tried to rebalance England’s economy by directing funding towards regions outside London and the South East. Many of those programmes have delivered worthwhile projects, but […]
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Opinion

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Sport

Inside Paul Pogba’s Saudi camel racing club Al Haboob

Sport Business

Last year Paul Pogba invested into the Al Haboob camel racing club in Saudi Arabia. Matt Hardy goes behind the scenes with its founders. Over 1,000 years ago the warring tribes of the Arabian Peninsula, eager to stake their claim to the region’s limited land with access to its surrounding seas and gulfs, used to […]
Aston Villa commercial status a tonic for Premier League in big-spending era

Sport Business

The Punter

Thunder Call set to Strike in Shergar Cup Sprint

Sport

SATURDAY’s Shergar Cup Sprint (3.20pm) looks set to be one of the highlights of the card, with a competitive field lining up over six furlongs at Ascot. Favourite THUNDER CALL brings the strongest form into the contest and looks difficult to oppose. William Haggas’ colt has done little wrong this season, making a winning return […]
Moore can set Ozat on Road to victory at Shergar Cup

Sport
Twilight and Thunder the Calls at Shergar Cup

Sport

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