Luke Barr
City Reporter at The Mail on Sunday
Assistant Business Editor at The Telegraph
Assistant Business Editor | The Telegraph | Wincott Young Journo of the Year nominee | 30ToWatch 2022 | [email protected] | 07988556718 | Views my own
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1 week ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Luke Barr
I hoped for some small crumb of help in the recent Spring Statement but was again disappointed. This time however, I wasn't surprised. It is painfully clear that the Chancellor and this Government appear to have no grasp of how just critical things are at the front line of social care. This was demonstrated by ENI tax relief being given to the public sector but not the independent sector despite them providing a public service.
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3 weeks ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Luke Barr
Asda is drawing up plans to shift jobs abroad as the struggling supermarket puts more roles at risk of redundancy. The retail giant has launched a fresh consultation that could involve 26 jobs being cut across its customer service team and shifted overseas in the latest attempt to drive down costs. Those affected are understood to be in Asda's social media department, which is responsible for fielding questions from disgruntled shoppers on sites such as X.
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1 month ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Luke Barr
It marks the latest twist in the career of Mr George, who is best known for cashing in on "golden ticket" life insurance contracts sold by Aviva France. Under the terms of these ill-conceived contracts, which he first received from his father aged seven, customers could trade funds based on last week's prices. Not only did this allow contract-holders to back-pedal on significant price swings to avoid losses, but it also meant they could switch to rising assets based on historical prices.
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1 month ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Ben Marlow |Luke Barr
The company hopes to select a preferred party from a field of six bidders by the end of June, and to be in the hands of a new owner by the end of September. Thames Water says it maintains 20,000 miles of water pipes, uses over 68,000 miles of sewers, and owns 5,235 pumping stations. Its assets are valued at just over £20bn, according to an investor report published in September 2024. However, last year it was revealed that as much as a third of its network was not mapped.
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1 month ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Luke Barr |Melissa Lawford
This will no doubt be seen as a victory for Mr Trump, who has said tariffs will boost American manufacturing, protect jobs and improve the economy. It comes ahead of the president's "liberation day" on April 2, when Mr Trump plans to reset global trade by unleashing reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world. "We're getting back to some of the wealth that very, very foolish presidents gave away because they had no clue what they were doing," Mr Trump said last week.
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EXCL: Asda has launched a fresh round of job cuts as the grocer races to axe workers involved in a botched £800m IT upgrade that had been championed by co-owner Mohsin Issa. https://t.co/Ct35XCnx3a
EXC: The owner of Poundland has formally appointed advisory firm Teneo to oversee the sale of the UK discount chain, potentially putting scores of high street stores at risk of closure. https://t.co/Iw6AAp0KYv
NEW: The billionaire Issa brothers are plotting to float their petrol station empire in the US for as much as £13bn, dealing a fresh blow to the London Stock Exchange. https://t.co/ISig2sECLt