UK Motor Industry Gets £1bn Hi-Tech Boost

Britain's motor industry is to receive more than £1bn in new funding over the next decade to improve its global competitiveness. The joint UK motor industry and Government automotive strategy has agreed to the deal to help secure the growth and development...

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Nokia Lumia 1020: 41-Megapixel Camera Unveiled

Nokia has unveiled a smartphone which boasts a market-beating 41-megapixel camera in a move to make up lost ground on its rivals. Experts have praised the Lumia 1020 for taking "mobile photography to the next level" but doubt whether it will be enough...

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NHS Computers With Patient Data Sold On Ebay

An NHS trust has been fined £200,000 by the data watchdog after it sold an old computer which contained the personal details of more than 3,000 patients. The sensitive information was left on the computer sold by a data destruction company employed...

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China Tops 'Air Travel Delays' List

Passengers using China's airlines and airports continue suffer the worst flight delays in the world, according to a travel industry monitor. Less than one-in-five planes leave on time from its capital's airport. A survey of flight times last month...

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First-Time Homebuyers At Five-Year High

The number of first-time homebuyers has risen to the highest level in five and a half years, porviding further evidence of a recovery in the housing market. According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), 25,100 loans worth £3.4bn were advanced...

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Plans For Plain Cigarette Packs Shelved

Health campaigners have reacted with fury after Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that a decision on the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes has been postponed. Mr Hunt said the Government wanted to see how a similar system recently...

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Unilever Hunts New Owner To Swallow Peperami

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Unilever, the FTSE100 consumer goods conglomerate, is seeking a buyer for its Peperami snacking brand more than 30 years after it was created because of a shipping error. Sky News understands that Unilever has appointed...

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The Sky News Business Round-Up And Look Ahead

Sky's Naomi Kerbel offers a look ahead to what's coming up in the week's business news. :: Monday July 15 Chinese quarterly GDP data. April's figures revealed the rate of economic growth in China was 7.7% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to 7.9%...

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PPI Queen Quits Watchdog For Barclays Role

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The executive who spearheaded the City watchdog's clampdown on rampant bank mis-selling has quit to take up a highly-paid role at Barclays, Sky News can reveal. Christina Sinclair, the acting director of retail at...

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Twitter Takes On Tax Expert To Avoid Woes

By Pete Norman, Sky News Online Twitter is bolstering its international operations ahead of an expected flotation by employing its first full-time tax manager to ensure complex company structures comply with laws across Europe. Based in its international...

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