Fish and chip shops should standardise the size of their portions to help combat obesity, according to an industry body.
Source: Sky Business News
Category Archives: Services
Inflexible friend
The boss of Barclaycard says the plastic credit card is being replaced with new technology, so soon we will need nothing to make a payment.
Source: BBC
Prepare for disappearing credit cards
The plastic credit card is being replaced by invisible payments, the boss of Barclaycard says.
Source: BBC
Ghana's self-taught skincare entrepreneur
Israella Kafui-Mansu gives the BBC a guided tour of her organic beauty business.
Source: BBC
Mourinho faces tax probe call over Sunday Times claims
The tax affairs of football manager Jose Mourinho should be investigated by UK officials, an MP says.
Source: BBC
Ministers want low-skilled migrants after Brexit
Theresa May is under pressure from ministers to let in tens of thousands of unskilled migrants every year – even after Britain leaves the EU.
Source: Sky Business News
RBS compensates Lloyds over £12bn cash call
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to pay out millions of pounds to a rival state-backed lender as part of a settlement of shareholders’ legal claims to be unveiled next week.
Source: Sky Business News
Independents across the UK celebrate Small Business Saturday
Business owners in Birmingham, the Cotswolds and Edinburgh tell us how they are marking 3 December
Big names and chains are refreshingly scarce in Birmingham’s Great Western Arcade, which is filled instead with an array of independent businesses. From clothing to coffee, a day spa and regular pop-ups, the Victorian arcade is a haven for customers keen on browsing small independently-run businesses.
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Source: Guardian
Letter to my younger self: I envy you and your innocence
Barnaby Lashbrooke warns his 17 year-old self that, when he finds himself desperately unhappy, it’s time to rip up the rule book
Dear Barnaby,
Right now you’re functioning on one hour’s sleep a night (something perhaps only a 17-year-old could do), your bedroom is a makeshift office with a desk squeezed between the bed and the wall and mum is on your case about knuckling down with school work so you can apply to university. But already the money’s coming in, so you know you’re on to something good.
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Source: Guardian
DNA testing at work: One company's unusual policy
BBC News visits a travel company using DNA testing to challenge its own workplace culture.
Source: BBC