ASOS has paid tribute to its co-founder after he died in a fall from the balcony of his apartment in Thailand. Quentin Griffiths fell from the 17th floor of the apartment block in the seaside resort city of Pattaya on 9 February, Thai have police said. Police said initial investigations suggest there are no indications […]
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More money than ever has been left over in the public finances due to more tax being paid, official figures show. January had the biggest budget surplus since records began in 1993, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It meant the government received more money than it spent last month, leaving
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The advisory firm founded by Lord Mandelson is on the verge of being placed in administration, a member of staff has told Sky News. Global Counsel (GC), which severed its connection to the former government minister and ambassador to the US earlier this month amid his association with the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, employs
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A Norwegian green steel group is in the running to buy Speciality Steels UK (SSUK), Britain’s third-biggest producer of the metal, six months after it collapsed into liquidation. Sky News has learnt that Blastr, which is privately owned, is among a small number of parties which remain talks with the Official Receiver about a deal
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For this week’s Savings Guide, we have a special edition with Mark Chicken, a chartered financial planner at The Private Office, looking at how you can save your child from university debt… For parents with young children, university can feel a very long way off. But with graduates in England facing up to 40 years
Grieving parents awaited Mark Zuckerberg’s arrival at a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles for what is being called the social media industry’s “big tobacco moment”. “I’m comforted by the fact he’s here alone, with only his lawyers and a jury. He’s without his lobbyists or his PR machine,” says Lori Schott, whose 18-year-old daughter Annalee
Online seller eBay has agreed to pay $1.2bn (£890m) to purchase second-hand fashion marketplace Depop from Etsy, the companies have announced. The all-cash deal is expected to be completed by the middle of this year – five years after Etsy, an online marketplace, bought Depop for $1.6bn (£1.18bn). The acquisition comes as the popularity of
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Technology firms that do not take down abusive images from their platforms within 48 hours face being blocked from the UK under new rules proposed by the government. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was putting tech companies “on notice” to take down non-consensual intimate images, and will leave “no stone unturned” to protect
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A billionaire mogul says paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein stole vast sums from his family. Les Wexner, 88, who was behind retailers including Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch, was answering questions about his friendship with Epstein in a behind-closed-door session on Wednesday with US Congress. Mr Wexner, who is pictured in the Epstein files, has
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Take the Central Line into the middle of London and just before the train arrives at Bank station, something strange happens Rather than approaching in a straight line, the tunnel begins to twist and turn round dramatically. The angle of the curve is part of the explanation for why there is an enormous gap between
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