Business news 2018
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- Businesses in the news
- January 2018
- British regulators have put the breaks on Rupert Murdoch's £11.7bn takeover of Sky
- The Competition and Markets Authority advised blocking the takeover, ruling that it is not in the public interest
- British regulators have put the breaks on Rupert Murdoch's £11.7bn takeover of Sky
- February 2018
- Lloyds Banking Group has become the first FTSE 100 company to set an ethnic diversity target
- They are aiming to increase the percentage of its senior management who are black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds from 5.6% to 8% by 2020
- Lloyds Banking Group has become the first FTSE 100 company to set an ethnic diversity target
- March 2018
- New Look is planning to close 60 stores, putting 980 jobs at risk
- They have been struggling as customer confidence languishes at low levels
- New Look is planning to close 60 stores, putting 980 jobs at risk
- April 2018
- Costa Coffee has pledged to recycle half a billion coffee cups each year by 2020
- Costa is going to pay a supplement to waste companies to incentivise them collect the cups and send them to specialist recycling plants.
- Costa Coffee has pledged to recycle half a billion coffee cups each year by 2020
- June 2018
- The collapse of Carillion will cost UK taxpayers at least £145m
- July 2018
- British Airways has apologised to passengers after an IT issue saw dozens of flights in and out of Heathrow Airport cancelled.
- Airline blamed a 'system issue' for the distruption
- British Airways has apologised to passengers after an IT issue saw dozens of flights in and out of Heathrow Airport cancelled.
- August 2018
- Brexit leaves British companies short on workers
- British companies are struggling to fill vacant positions as EU workers avoid coming to the UK
- Brexit leaves British companies short on workers
- May 2018
- Volkswagen group has admitted to a potentially lethal fault in two of its top-selling cars.
- They were forced to call back 28,000 vehicles
- Volkswagen group has admitted to a potentially lethal fault in two of its top-selling cars.
- January 2018
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