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Who is Akshay Ruparelia? Teenager who became one of Britain’s youngest millionaires
TEENAGER Akshay Ruparelia has become one Britain’s youngest ever business millionaires after setting up an online estate agency during his school lunch breaks. Akshay, 19, hired a call centre service to answer his…
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Toys R Us ‘could fall into administration by the end of the month’ due to £15million VAT bill
TROUBLED retailer Toys R Us could fall into administration by the end of the month due to a £15million VAT bill. Britain’s biggest toy store is searching for investors as part of its…
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Sainsbury’s set to buy Nisa as it continues battle with Tesco over small stores
BOSSES at Sainsbury’s parent company have entered into exclusive talks to buy convenience store chain Nisa. The deal, worth around £130 million, follows Tesco’s £3.7 billion takeover of Booker, the wholesale retailer that…
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Is Crocs closing down, what’s the company share price and will any UK shops close?
CROCS is closing all of its factories and a third of its shoe stores to “improve profitiblity”. But will the company close, what is the share price, and how many shoe stores will…
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The couple who brought Tiger to Britain have just raked in a MULTI-MILLION pound jackpot after selling their stake in the ‘posh Poundland’
THE couple who opened the first branch of Danish homeware chain Tiger in the UK have sold their stake in the business, making millions of pounds. Philip Bier opened the first Tiger shop in Basingstoke,…
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Entrepreneur, 23, reveals how he started million-pound video business with only £50 after his parents lost £150k in the Northern Rock crisis
RUPERT Rixon started his own company with just £50 two years ago – and next year his video production business is expecting to turn over more than £1million. The 23-year-old entrepreneur from Hertfordshire,…
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Mum-of-two’s quest to spend more time with kids is now a £130k a year business
STARTING your own business is more daunting when you have a family to raise – yet, this is exactly what prompted mum-of-two Stacey to launch her award-winning beauty shop. The 36 year-old opened…
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Bargain Booze and Wine Rack ‘scrambling for survival’ amid fears of worst high street crisis since 2008
THE company behind popular high street off-licence chains Bargain Booze and Wine Rack is reportedly scrambling to avert collapse. Drinks giant Conviviality is now said to be putting together a new business plan…
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Thousands of Morrisons staff should ‘seek compensation for upset and distress’ after their personal details were posted online
THOUSANDS of Morrisons staff should be compensated for the “upset” caused by their personal details being posted on the internet, the High Court has heard. Lawyers say the case, the first mass data…
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Nestle loses KitKat trademark fight but claims rivals are NOT free to make four-fingered bars
NESTLE has been given two fingers by Court of Appeal judges after it tried to trademark the shape of its famous four-fingered KitKat bar. The ruling is the latest in a decade-long tussle…