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Third Space’s CEO follows an 80/20 rule for eating out, competes in triathlons at 54-years-old and made startup investments he regrets thumbnail
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Third Space’s CEO follows an 80/20 rule for eating out, competes in triathlons at 54-years-old and made startup investments he regrets

What would you do if you had a six-figure salary? Perhaps you’d never cook another meal again or indulge in a monthly Thai...

IKEA’s top U.K. executive climbed the ranks from forklift driver to the C-suite—and it’s all down to a phone call he made as a student thumbnail
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IKEA’s top U.K. executive climbed the ranks from forklift driver to the C-suite—and it’s all down to a phone call he made as a student

A top leader at IKEA says to seize opportunities and be curious, a job right out of university could land you in the...

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Apple’s ultrathin iPhone impresses fans but not investors

Good morning. Hello. It’s Jeremy here. First up, I want to wish Andrew, who normally writes this newsletter, a big congratulations on the...

Kamala Harris rips ‘recklessness’ of Democrats—not Joe Biden—for letting him run again thumbnail
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Kamala Harris rips ‘recklessness’ of Democrats—not Joe Biden—for letting him run again

Former Vice President Kamala Harris says it was “recklessness” for Democrats to leave it to President Joe Biden to decide whether to continue seeking another...

UK sick days hit 15-year high as mental health drives long-term absences thumbnail
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UK sick days hit 15-year high as mental health drives long-term absences

British workers are taking more sick days than at any point in the past 15 years, with staff absent for the equivalent of...

UK suffers steepest hiring slump in Europe as Reeves’s tax raid bites thumbnail
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UK suffers steepest hiring slump in Europe as Reeves’s tax raid bites

Britain has recorded the steepest decline in hiring intentions of any major European economy, as employers struggle with the fallout from last autumn’s...

HMRC staff take 500,000 sick days a year as millions of taxpayer calls go unanswered thumbnail
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HMRC staff take 500,000 sick days a year as millions of taxpayer calls go unanswered

Staff at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have taken more than half a million sick days in each of the past three years,...

Sadiq Khan urged to give hospitality rent and rates holiday during tube strikes thumbnail
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Sadiq Khan urged to give hospitality rent and rates holiday during tube strikes

Hospitality businesses across London should be given a rent and business rates holiday to help them cope with the disruption caused by tube...

UK Farmers feel ‘abandoned’ as thousands of Countryside Stewardship contracts end thumbnail
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UK Farmers feel ‘abandoned’ as thousands of Countryside Stewardship contracts end

Farmers across England say they feel “abandoned” as thousands of long-standing environmental land management contracts are due to expire at the end of...

OpenAI denies that it’s weighing a ‘last-ditch’ California exit amid regulatory pressure over its restructuring thumbnail
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OpenAI denies that it’s weighing a ‘last-ditch’ California exit amid regulatory pressure over its restructuring

Home Start Ups OpenAI denies that it’s weighing a ‘last-ditch’ California exit amid regulatory pressure over its restructuring OpenAI executives are discussing a...