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The tell-tale sign that someone is upper class, according to an expert

25/04/25 10:20

An expert has revealed the tell-tale signs that give away whether a person is upper class. Dani Payne, who specialises education and politics, took to her TikTok to explain the indicators of a person's apparent 'class' in day to day life. In the clip she explained there are 'lots of different ways that someone might signal that they're part of a certain class background.'...read

My husband and I are millionaires but - like so many - I have 'money dysmorphia'... my poor upbringing means I'll NEVER have enough
31/03/25 00:43
Cherie Blair was earning £250,000 plus as a barrister, her husband was the PM, but she came from humble beginnings and was still wired to think like a poor person.
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The new signs of wealth revealed, including a kitchen island and a cleaner - so, how many can YOU tick off the list?
28/02/25 00:58
If you have a kitchen island and have a driveway at your home, many people in the UK nowadays will view you as wealthy, according to a new study by HSBC. Pic: Stock image.
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HSBC back online after two-hour outage which left thousands unable to access online banking services
11/02/25 16:50
It is one of the most popular banking services in the UK, but HSBC is now back online after a two-hour outage.
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Moment man brandishing knife from window is detained by armed police after 17-hour stand off shut down Lewisham high street
11/02/25 09:58
Officers holding firearms placed the south-east London street under lockdown yesterday afternoon after a dressing gown-clad man shouted and waved the weapon around from inside.
Lewisham residents are finally allowed to return home after armed police's 17-hour stand off with man brandishing knife from window
11/02/25 02:10
The south east London high street had been under lockdown since Monday morning, amid fears of a 'hostage situation'.
Mortgage relief for millions as rate cut could see payments fall by hundreds of pounds a year
06/02/25 23:49
Crippling mortgage costs have squeezed household budgets for millions of homeowners since 2022, but now a rate cut could see payments finally start to fall.
The cost of getting WFH staff back to the office: Citigroup vows to spend £1bn renovating its Canary Wharf skyscraper with mini-villages and multi-level gardens
17/01/25 15:05
The American bank is ploughing money into the overhaul, which will see its 42-storey London headquarters at 25 Canada Square.
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Bombshell report details exactly how banks worked with Biden officials to spy on pro-Trump Americans
06/12/24 22:14
The Biden administration worked with banks to 'spy' on Americans without a warrant, a stunning new congressional report charges.
Are these the toughest working weeks in the City? How trainee lawyers on £170K are routinely at their desks for 70 hours and 'barely see daylight' - with investment bankers in the office for between 60 and 80 hours
08/11/24 18:21
Trainee lawyers are routinely at their desks for 70 hours a week and 'rarely see daylight', according to a survey by a British legal website.
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Fraudsters used names and addresses of unsuspecting victims to get their hands on £8,000 of mobile phones
29/08/24 14:57
One of the identity fraudsters attended seven stores across Kent, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, West Sussex, London and Berkshire.
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Moment escaped prisoner arrives at soup kitchen with two homemade bombs in his bag - as he told police he was plotting to blow up HSBC branch after watching Netflix documentary about the banking giants
24/08/24 09:03
Alan Murphy, 62, prepared two improvised explosive devices before visiting a soup kitchen in Blackpool ahead of a planned attack on a HSBC branch in the town in 2020.
Escaped prisoner jailed again after he was caught plotting to blow up seaside branch of the HSBC whilst 'enraged' about a Netflix 'expose' about the banking giants which he watched from his hideout
22/08/24 19:54
Convicted armed robber Alan Murphy, 62, had been living in secrecy in a caravan off the coast of Blackpool for eight months after disappearing during day release from an open jail.
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The changing face of the London office block: How once bustling workspaces are being scaled back and revamped to make them more attractive to work in amid rise of WFH
24/07/24 15:05
London's office blocks are undergoing their biggest change for a generation, with once bustling workspaces redesigned to accommodate fewer staff as more work from home.
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Rod and Mary lost $30,000 to scammers. HSBC refused to help find their money... and their reason will leave you stunned
22/07/24 03:17
A Victorian couple lost $30,000 to scammers and asked a bank for help to try and track down where the money went. They were left stunned after the bank explained why they couldn't help.
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Banks including HSBC and Barclays slash mortgage rates again in battle for fresh borrowers
05/07/24 01:09
Five of the biggest lenders are in a mortgage rate-cutting war as they fight for new borrowers, including Barclays, which is reducing its fixed-rate mortgages by as much as 0.27 percentage points.
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HSBC, Lloyds Bank, Nationwide, Virgin and Barclays banking apps are DOWN as thousands of customers hit with outages
28/06/24 11:59
HSBC , Virgin Money, Lloyds Bank, Barclays and Nationwide all appear to be affected by issues hitting their apps.
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I lost £60,000 in a telephone scam. If it can happen to me it can happen to anyone: Businessman reveals how he was tricked into handing over huge sum after fraudsters convinced him his family's identity details had been stolen
23/06/24 13:57
Gary Linke, 58, from North London transferred the money after being tricked by scammers into believing his family's identities had been stolen.
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Want a six-figure salary? Researchers say it's time to make a BIG sacrifice
29/05/24 15:17
Career influencers on TikTok who promise six-figure salary remote jobs that don't require an interview are not telling you the whole story. Hybrid job postings tumbled 95 percent this past year.
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British Cycling announce £20m five-year partnership with Lloyds Bank as chief hails 'landmark, game-changing deal'
23/05/24 14:59
British Cycling have hailed 'one of the biggest deals in British sport in recent years' after agreeing a multi-million five-year partnership with Lloyds Bank.
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Emma Raducanu admits injuries and criticism can feel like a 'constant uphill battle' but the tennis star credits support team for helping to build resilience in new HSBC film
20/05/24 10:24
Raducanu has struggled since her fairytale victory at the US Open as an 18-year-old back in 2021, with a series of injuries having kept her on the sidelines while she has faced public criticism.
Emma Raducanu claims female stars are 'technically better' than their male counterparts as she slams 'UNFAIR' and 'HUGE' gender pay gap in tennis... and opens up on her 'pushy' parents
18/05/24 12:04
Raducanu, 21, dramatically burst onto the scene as one of British tennis' brightest prospects when she won the US Open in remarkable fashion at the age of 18 in 2021.
Relief for Brits as energy price cap is set to fall by 7% in July cutting annual bill for typical household to £1,574... as Jeremy Hunt says UK has 'turned a corner' with mortgage rates easing
17/05/24 12:21
Estimates by Cornwall Insight suggest that the cap will drop to give a typical dual-fuel bill of £1,574, rather than the £1,690 currently.
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Labour's '£2,000 tax bomb for families': Jeremy Hunt warns every household will suffer to fill huge black hole in Keir Starmer's spending plans - as Chancellor says he wants to slash burden for Brits again in Autumn, in more hints at November election
17/05/24 08:31
In a speech, Jeremy Hunt hailed the upturn in the economy and said he was keen to 'go further' on trimming national insurance if it was possible to do so responsibly.
Relief for mortgage-payers as big banks start to cut mortgage prices - while bullish Jeremy Hunt urges Brits to vote Tory for tax cuts, warning Labour will hike burden immediately
17/05/24 07:23
HSBC, Barclays and TSB have all declared they are trimming the cost of home loans, amid growing optimism that the Bank of England will start lowering the base rate soon.
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Boost for borrowers as three major UK banks reduce their mortgage rates
16/05/24 22:00
HSBC, Barclays and TSB revealed that they were cutting the cost of home loans - in the latest sign of relief for households, who are also benefiting from falling inflation .
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Caitlyn, a gifted and autistic pupil, killed herself because she couldn't face her first detention. Her father, who's also autistic, says in a haunting interview: 'Just because I'm not visibly emotional, doesn't mean I'm grieving any less'
11/05/24 01:05
Little more than a year ago, banker Jonathan Scott-Lee was told his wondrously talented 16-year-old daughter Caitlyn had taken her own life.
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Revealed: Britain's biggest banks axe more than 6,000 branches in just nine years - as Barclays tops list of worst offenders
10/05/24 21:00
The biggest banks have closed more than 6,000 branches since 2015, with Barclays the worst offender, figures have revealed.
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Father of autistic schoolgirl, 16, who killed herself at £44k-a-year Wycombe School before her first-ever detention says opportunities to stop the tragedy 'may have been missed'
05/05/24 08:48
Jonathan Scott-Lee's daughter Caitlyn killed herself at the prestigious boarding school on April 21 last year after having detailed her plan to take her own life in a personal diary.
HSBC customers are furious as mobile banking app goes down leaving thousands of them unable to access their accounts
04/05/24 09:46
HSBC's mobile banking app has gone down leaving thousands of customers unable to access their accounts.
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How a hopeful homeowner lost $50,000 after just one phone call from HSBC scam artist - and the one sign that made her realise she was being duped
01/05/24 01:16
Melbourne woman Julie Khoo answered a call at work she believed was from HSBC in October 2023.
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Treasury Sec. faces grilling on financial surveillance after Jan 6
30/04/24 13:54
House Republicans are planning to press Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen Tuesday on her agency's efforts to surveil Americans' bank transactions after the January 6 riot.
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen faces grilling on extensive program that allowed the feds to spy on thousands of Americans through bank transactions
30/04/24 13:21
House Republicans are planning to press Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen Tuesday on her agency's efforts to surveil Americans' bank transactions after the January 6 riot.
HSBC group chief executive to retire after 'intense' five years in the role: Noel Quinn, 62, announces he'll step down, 'to get a better balance between my personal and business life'
30/04/24 06:50
Mr Quinn informed the board of his intention to retire from the role, with HSBC group chair Mark Tucker thanking him for leaving the bank in a 'strong position'.
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How at least 13 banks worked with feds to spy on pro-gun supporters
25/04/24 14:00
At least 13 financial institutions are being investigated by Republicans in Congress for colluding with the federal government to spy on Americans after January 6 protests.
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How at least 13 banks may have worked with feds to SPY on transactions of hundreds of pro-gun and religious Trump supporters after January 6 'without warrants'
25/04/24 12:44
At least 13 financial institutions are being investigated by Republicans in Congress for colluding with the federal government to spy on Americans after January 6 protests.
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I was on the first series of The Apprentice but I didn't learn anything about business from the show - Alan Sugar's aides do nothing and contestants don't get any privacy
18/04/24 15:46
Apprentice star Raj Dhonota, 49, from Kent, revealed contestants are kept in 'prison-like conditions'- saying he didn't learn 'anything about business' on the BBC show.
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Nationwide ads starring actor Dominic West as boss of fictional rival are banned after watchdog rules they misled consumers into thinking the bank wouldn't be closing its branches
03/04/24 00:15
Ads for Nationwide featuring actor Dominic West have been banned for misleading consumers into thinking that the bank would not be closing its branches, unlike its other high street rivals.
Interactive map reveals how nearly 400 towns across Britain are losing their last local bank as Barclays, Natwest, Lloyds and more announce high street closures - is YOURS on the list?
02/04/24 12:45
Since the beginning of 2022, some of the country's biggest banks have declared the closure of 388 branches in areas with no other banking option for locals to access nearby.
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Michael Hooper reveals humbling moment that kept him grounded after Wallabies legend's shock career move following brutal axing by Eddie Jones
02/04/24 11:06
Hooper has remained tight-lipped on Jones's decision, instead putting his full focus into making a successful career as a sevens player, with the Paris Olympics team in his sights.
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Sheffield declares war on consumerism: Council bans adverts for 'harmful' campaigns including cars, airlines and junk food to meet green targets - despite facing a £17.4m funding shortfall
21/03/24 12:22
Sheffield City Council agreed on Monday to introduce a new advertising ban that will crack down on campaigns for airlines and airports, junk food, vaping, gambling and cars.
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Martin Lewis reveals how people can make up to £1,000 a year just by changing their bank account - but you need to make sure you jump through 'all the hoops'
19/03/24 12:15
Martin Lewis has appeared on This Morning today to explain how you can make money - simply by changing your bank account.
Emma Raducanu says she won't cut back on money-spinning commercial appearances as she defends attending Dubai luxury hotel opening with Naomi Campbell just 48 hours before crashing out of event
07/03/24 12:25
Emma Raducanu (left) speaking ahead of her match in the Indian Wells Tournament. Ms Raducanu (right) after she lost at the Qatar Open 48 hours after partying with Naomi Campbell (centre).
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HSBC raises fixed-rate mortgage deals for the second time in two weeks as lenders hike rates
06/03/24 00:55
The fresh round of rises deals a further blow to Britain's 1.6million homeowners who are coming up to remortgage.
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Bank crisis hits the high street as map shows 245 branches set to shut this year alone across the UK
27/02/24 09:34
In January alone, twelve branches belonging to major chains closed and this month it's expected that a further 38 will officially shut too.
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Farage weighs up mass legal fight against banks as 3,000 tell him: They closed our accounts too
17/02/24 23:29
The scale of Britain's 'debanking scandal' was last night revealed after nearly 3,000 people claimed their accounts have been unexpectedly closed.
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HSBC warns criminals are posing as police officers and tricking people into withdrawing cash to buy gold and jewellery in latest fraud scam
14/02/24 13:51
HSBC UK said conmen, pretending to be police officers, are now contacting victims to tell them their account has been used for fraudulent activities
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Aussie loses $120,000 in 24 hours after fraudsters use worryingly simple tactic - and you won't believe how the bank responded
08/02/24 03:10
Armen Arakelian, a volunteer firefighter who works with nature conservation charity Back to the Bush, was on a Christmas trip near the Snowy Mountains when the fraudsters struck.
The single text message that conned Australians out of more than $1million dollars
07/02/24 00:55
The 24 Australian customers of global giant HSBC were all recently targetted by fake texts or calls that appeared in the same thread as genuine numbers from the bank.
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BBC star and keen cyclist Jeremy Vine left shocked after witnessing 'Wolves fan' chase men in Fulham whilst waving crutch after Chelsea game
04/02/24 20:59
The BBC star was pedalling along Fulham Road when he saw a bearded man, named as 'George', crossing the road shouting as he raises a metal crutch in the air.
Parkinson's disease sufferer, 73, is given £100 parking fine after tremors from his condition meant he could not download app and pay for a ticket in time
19/01/24 13:31
Derrick Walker (pictured), 73, of Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire was handed the hefty parking charge by Excel Parking for taking too long to register on the car park's app.
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Lauryn Goodman's rise to fame as her reality star sister's sidekick: How both had babies with top footballers within weeks of each other - before a 'bitter fallout' between the siblings amid THAT Kyle Walker paternity scandal
11/01/24 13:20
Social media star Lauryn, 33, has dominated headlines of late, with married footballer Kyle Walker named as the the father of her five-month-old daughter.
New Year mortgage price war could boost Tory poll hopes by taking pressure off household finances as HSBC becomes the first major bank to offer fixed-rate deals under 4%
04/01/24 00:31
Rishi Sunak hits the road today to drive home his pledge to put more money in people's pockets with a National Insurance cut starting on Saturday.
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Cabinet Office minister launches campaign to make WFH civil servants come into the office for three days a week - and wants to make it easier to sack under-performing officials
26/12/23 11:25
John Glen (pictured) said those working in Whitehall have a responsibility to the taxpayer to come into the office more often and suggested that he could tighten rules.
Imogen Thomas confirms romance with banker Michel Aramouni as they put on a VERY saucy display during pricey shopping trip
21/12/23 11:27
The former Big Brother star, 40, and businessmen, who were first spotted with the businessman last month, shared a steamy kiss before he squeezed her peachy bottom.
Sophisticated text scam robs woman of her life savings as an expert gives bank customers a chilling warning
15/12/23 01:22
Sydney woman Suni Wan fell victim to one of the latest sophisticated text message scams, losing her life savings of $49,000 to a fraudster posing as her bank.
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Single text message costs Sydney man $50,000 in a heartless scam just before Christmas
10/12/23 21:12
Sydney man Gerald Chin, 41, had been planning to take his elderly parents on a trip to the United States this Christmas before he was scammed out of $49,000 by a man with a British accent.
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Martin Lewis reveals how certain bank account holders can quadruple their interest rate (and even get free cash!)
29/11/23 15:39
The money saving expert, 51, discussed interest rates in yesterday's episode of ITV 's The Martin Lewis Money Show Live from Manchester.
Money saving expert Martin Lewis reveals the best account to open if you're always dipping into your savings - with a 7% interest rate and £175 free cash
28/11/23 12:27
Ahead of his live show in Manchester this evening, the money saving expert, 51, appeared on ITV 's This Morning to answer viewer's financial queries.
Extinction Rebellion activists 'glue shut doors' of 50 Barclays including in Glasgow, Leeds and London as it accuses bank of 'mega-funding fossil fuels projects'
27/11/23 15:16
Extinction Rebellion members took part in supergluing locks of around 50 branches of Barclays overnight, along with Money Rebellion 'and other allied groups'.
Americans who bought large rural homes during Covid are now selling up
26/11/23 15:00
Fleets of Americans fled their city homes in favor of large rural properties during the pandemic - but are now returning as work from home culture comes to an end
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HSBC apologises after thousands of Brits were locked out of their digital banking systems on Black Friday in a crash that was a 'real headache'
25/11/23 00:38
HSBC has apologised after more than 10,000 customers were unable to access their online accounts yesterday.
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The death of Black Friday mayhem: British high streets are eerily quiet as shoppers shun queuing from 4am and brawling over TVs for snapping up Xmas bargains online - with £3billion set to be splurged
24/11/23 11:40
Britons are set to spend £3billion on Black Friday today - but scenes of mass chaos on high streets are unlikely as more than 60 per cent of purchases are made online.
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HSBC is DOWN: Banking app crashes for thousands of frustrated users across the UK - as one vents 'not being able to spend on Black Friday feels like a hate crime'
24/11/23 09:38
According to Down Detector, the problems started at around 08:49 GMT, and are affecting users across Britain.
Americans who bought large rural homes during COVID are now selling up and returning to cities as more employers end work from home rules
23/11/23 23:35
Fleets of Americans fled their city homes in favor of large rural properties during the pandemic - but are now returning as work from home culture comes to an end
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Nine hammer-wielding Extinction Rebellion activists who sang and chanted as they smashed 16 windows at HSBC's Canary Wharf HQ - causing £500k worth of damage - are cleared by a jury
16/11/23 15:34
The nine female XR activists sang and chanted as they used hammers and chisels to shatter the custom-made windows at the HSBC building in Canary Wharf, London on April 22 2021.
Imogen Thomas looks cosy as she steps out with handsome banker after enjoying late-night drinks at The Biltmore hotel in Mayfair
13/11/23 09:37
The television personality, 40, who is famed for her Big Brother appearance in 2006, enjoyed a sweet evening with the dashing businessman
Adorable moment baby bites Prince William's hand in Singapore: 'I need my finger back!'
05/11/23 11:20
The Prince of Wales arrived at Changi Airport on Sunday to cheering crowds holding up signs, waving Union Jack flags and clutching photos of his late mother Princess Diana.
Ben Fordham's brutal wake-up call for Anthony Albanese's government as migration soars: 'Show some back bone'
31/10/23 04:17
Ben Fordham has some brutal words for Anthony Albanese as migration soars and house prices grow out of reach for ordinary Aussies.
Louis Vuitton becomes the world's first luxury brand to surpass £17 billion in annual sales as the firm doubles in size
30/10/23 23:28
The LVMH-owned flagship has doubled in size in the past five years - partly due to shoppers splashing the cash during lockdown.
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So much for the return to the office! One third of workdays are still spent at home as America's office buildings remain half as full as before the pandemic
16/10/23 20:00
The statistics comes as offices across the US have remained vacant, paving the way for a potential financial crisis as high interest rates reduce property values.
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Emptying Canary Wharf: How the financial district's iconic tower blocks are increasingly unoccupied as it struggles to bounce back from Covid and the WFH boom
09/10/23 05:54
EXCLUSIVE: Among those hit by the 'rental recession' is One Canada Square - the centrepiece of the business zone and London 's third tallest building.
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Millions of Britons could be entitled to £2,500 payout as new legal claim launched in bid to recover 'huge commissions banks and credit card firms secretly made on mis-selling PPI'- are YOU owed money?
03/10/23 10:00
The first set of PPI claims was based around mis-selling but this new action alleges banks and credit card companies secretly took huge commissions of up to 95 per cent from customers.
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Bosses say Covid has made Generation Z employees 'entitled' and workshy - as major firms are reduced to offering free vegan meals and fish and chips to lure staff back to the office
01/10/23 09:29
EXCLUSIVE: Britain's businesses are battling to make their 'entitled' 'Generation Covid' employees return with many now 'viewing work as an inherent negative'.
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Scandal-hit CBI staves off collapse through emergency funding from group of banks after exodus of members following allegations of rape and sexual harassment
24/09/23 19:06
The scandal-hit Confederation of British Industry has been rescued by a group of banks after an exodus of members saw it brought to the brink of collapse.
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Emma Raducanu tells girls they don't need men to succeed as she reads revised fairy tales which write out Prince Charming in new HSBC ad
22/09/23 13:19
The tennis star, 20, read from Emma Dodd's Fairer Tales for a nine-minute long advert for HSBC 's financial education programme.
Ethnicity Awards 2023 announce Loose Women star as the returning host ahead of the ceremony
20/09/23 19:00
Ethnicity Awards is returning and scheduled to take place in London on November 2.
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Tiny council apologises to taxpayers for losing £9,000 - a tenth of its budget - to crudely simple online scam
13/09/23 11:55
Officials at Harlech Community Council in North Wales made a 'advance payment' to a man named Oluwafeni Odunuga for 'consultative work' before realising they had been scammed.
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Major High Street banks announce more branches will close across the UK...so are YOU affected?
07/09/23 12:26
Major UK banks have announced they will be closing more locations in another blow for beleaguered British high streets. A number of banks are set to shut for the final time this month.
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Racism row for top HSBC executive - and UK's former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia - as he tells students: 'The Arabic mind is empty'
12/08/23 22:05
Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles allegedly told a dinner at the University of Oxford last month that he wished he had learnt to speak Chinese, instead of Arabic, because China is 'more interesting'.
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