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Nigel Cassidy

1 in 5 Europeans rarely carry cash in our ever-growing cashless society

Nigel Cassidy
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1 in 5 Europeans rarely carry cash in our ever-growing cashless society
The findings reveal one in five people in Europe now rarely carries cash, and a third would go completely cashless if given the choice, although people in the UK were the least likely to hold this view. Developments in technology and new payment methods are making the shift to a cashless economy ever more possible, and new findings reveal that society's desire to follow is not far behind.
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Nigel Cassidy

How do you move on from a high-profile job?

Nigel Cassidy
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How do you move on from a high-profile job?
The BP chief who famously told reporters he wanted his life back after the company's Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico is stepping down as chairman of the oil and gas company Genel Energy. The Kurdistan venture was seen as a second coming for Mr Hayward. But it hasn't fulfilled its promise on his watch and Genel's shares closed almost 5% higher on his replacement.
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Phil Lowe

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Nigel Cassidy

Browns of Brockley becomes cash-free cafe

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Browns of Brockley becomes cash-free cafe
A café in south London has become the latest business to go card-only as more turn their back on the “faff” of taking coins and notes. Ross Brown, who owns Browns of Brockley in south east London, stopped taking cash earlier this year, inspired by a trip to Sweden where he “hardly used cash at all and not even noticed.”
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Ross Brown

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Nigel Cassidy

French rail operator SNCF launches bid to run West Coast Partnership

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French rail operator SNCF launches bid to run West Coast Partnership
A row's erupted after French state-owned rail operator SNCF launched a bid to run new high speed services from London to Birmingham. It joined forces with Virgin Trains to enter the competition for the West Coast Partnership franchise, which will include services on the existing West Coast route from 2019 and initial HS2 trains between the capital and West Midlands from 2026.
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Sim Harris

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Sarah Lowther

French assets bounce back as a Macron presidency seems likely

Sarah Lowther
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French assets bounce back as a Macron presidency seems likely
With polls suggesting the pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron will emerge as the comfortable winner over the far-right Marine Le Pen in the final run-off election in France, bondholders have begun snapping up French assets once again. For more, Sarah Lowther was joined by Mike Bell, Global Market Strategist at JP Morgan.
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Mike Bell

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Georgie Frost

The News Review: How your Mr.Men/Little Miss character can get you hired

Georgie Frost
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The News Review: How your Mr.Men/Little Miss character can get you hired
Today on the agenda, Georgie Frost and Kevin White, Director at Fortem Financial Management discussed how up to three million children in the UK are at risk because families can't afford to feed them during school holidays. Plus they look into why UK shoe repair and key-cutting business Timpson recruits new staff according to which Mr Men characters their personalities resemble. All these stories and more on The News Review.
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Kevin White

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Georgie Frost

Open Britain urges voters to unseat pro-Brexit MPs

Georgie Frost
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Open Britain urges voters to unseat pro-Brexit MPs
The Guardian leads with the story that pro-EU campaign group Open Britain is urging voters to unseat prominent Brexit-supporting MPs, including Iain Duncan Smith, Theresa Villiers and Kate Hoey. Meanwhile, in the Telegraph, polls suggest the Conservatives are on course for a historic Commons majority of up to 150 seats.
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Jack Sommers

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Georgie Frost

Christian Dior announces £10bn takeover

Georgie Frost
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Christian Dior announces £10bn takeover
Georgie and Nigel began the morning by going through the latest market headlines, starting with Whitbread - the UK's largest hospitality company, owning the likes of Costa Coffee. Elsewhere, we've heard from the UK's largest retailer of carpets - Carpetright. And there's a £10bn takeover of Christian Dior, which is dominating the retail business news this morning.
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Nigel Cassidy

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Northern Petroleum explores appraisal opportunities

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Northern Petroleum explores appraisal opportunities
Northern Petroleum plc,an oil and gas company, is undertaking a redevelopment and production project in north west Alberta and has a broader portfolio of exploration and appraisal opportunities in countries of relatively low political risk, primarily Italy.
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Keith Bush

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Nigel Cassidy

20 year old makes £360k from creating hacking software

Nigel Cassidy
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20 year old makes £360k from creating hacking software
A court's heard that a teenager made about £360,000 by creating computer hacking software which cost universities, gaming websites and other businesses millions of pounds. 20 year old Adam Mudd from Hertfordshire, has already admitted offences under the Computer Misuse Act. But the report also acknowledges that teenagers are often looking to secure bragging rights with their friends, rather than for any more malevolent motive.
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Phil Beckett

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