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Mobile phone firms offer better service Ofcom watchdog finds
Consumers are more satisfied with their mobile phone provider than they are with landline or broadband suppliers, research has indicated.Communications regulator Ofcom has conducted the latest of its...
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Apps downloads hit record high at the end of December
For the first time more than a billion apps have been downloaded in a single week according to new research.Analytics firm Flurry said 1.2 billion apps were downloaded in the last week of December....
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ARM builds profits up 22pc on smartphone successes
Arm Holdings- whose computer chip technology powers Apple and Samsung smartphones, has posted a 22% rise in quarterly profits to £68.1 million.At the same time, Arm’s revenues went up 20% to £144.6...
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Samsung reports record profits on Galaxy smartphone sales
Samsung Electronics has reported record profits in the three months to September- led by strong sales of it’s Galaxy range of smartphones.Net profits were 6.5 trillion won (£3.7 billion), up 91% from a...
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Blackberry revival boosted by sales increase
Blackberry has reported revenues of £377 million for the three months to November – 12% higher than the previous quarter. It was the struggling smartphone maker’s first quarter on quarter increase for...
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Shakespeare’s economic legacy for the UK
In the age of Brexit we often underestimate the UK’s economic advantage given to the current economy by our cultural heritage. Below and over the next blog post Business Win reviews the extra business...
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Shakespeare’s economic legacy for the UK- pt 2
Following Business Win’s post yesterday Shakespeare’s economic legacy for the UK we continue our review of how the Bard is increasing the UK’s economy: The area known as Shakespeare’s England (which...
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Adele has been named as Britain’s richest ever female musician
Adele named as UK’s richest female musician ever as fortune hits £85m A list of the top 50 music millionaires in the UK and Ireland puts the singer’s £85m fortune in 30th place – an increase of £35m...
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Amazon sees profits and sales surge
Amazon has reported a profit of £351 million in its first quarter, helped by a 28% jump in sales. Sales hit £37.8 billion for the three months to the end of March, helped by rising sales of its Kindle...
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Raspberry Pi maker Premier Farnell bought by Daetwyler
The maker of the Raspberry Pi mini computer is being bought by Swiss electronics company Daetwyler Holdings for 1bn Swiss francs (£700m). The deal values Premier Farnell shares at 165p each. The shares...
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Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26bn
Microsoft is buying the professional networking website LinkedIn for just over £18 billion in cash. The software giant will pay $196 a share – a premium of almost 50% to Friday’s closing share price....
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UK sees record number of foreign investment projects
A record number of investments were made by foreign firms in the UK in the year. The Department for International Trade recorded 2,213 inward investment projects, up 11% on the previous year. The data...
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Micro Focus – from takeover target to FTSE 100 newcomer
Almost exactly five years ago the UK software group Micro Focus was on the verge of being taken over. Valued at just over £500m the company was being wooed by a clutch of private equity firms. But...
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Tech Talent: Map of the UK’s digital clusters
There are more than 1.5 million “digital tech” jobs in the UK, and the sector is said to be growing faster in terms of turnover and productivity than the wider economy. Those assertions were outlined...
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Amazon set to take on 5,000 this year as it expands its UK workforce to 24,000
Amazon = the UKís largest online retailer, says it will take on 5,000 new staff as it expands in areas from its development centres and fashion photography studio through to its fulfillment centres....
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