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...Junior doctors in England are willing to consider a pay rise this year that is lower than their original 35 per cent demand, according to union leaders ahead of another five-day strike....
...Dr Vivek Trivedi, co-chair of the union’s junior doctors committee, told the Financial Times last month that they were willing to consider a pay rise this year that was lower than their original 35 per cent...
...It also favours newer and more innovative medicines, which will be subject to a lower rebate levy....
...The Treasury wants to simplify the schemes with a view to expanding their use among lower earners in particular....
...This one started out at a lower emotional level, like a coiled spring, less raw in tooth and claw, but by the blazing finale today’s team were running neck and neck in the virtuosity stakes....
...Lower down the ranks there are plenty of promotions for MPs from the party’s left, too....
...Harra said the current return on investment was £250,000 per full-time equivalent task force officer, significantly lower than for “business-as-usual” tax compliance work, which is about £1.3mn per person...
...This dynamic has led some departments to make pay rises more generous for those in lower paid roles, new recruits and those in their early careers....
...Of 13 mid-career individuals, eight had to sell their homes, seven took jobs at lower salaries and two could find no work....
...lower than forecast general inflation to salami-slice the overall government budget....
...With lower yields, the fruit is also concentrated....
...The company announced on Thursday that it would be introducing a new leasing model, providing more flexibility and lower rents to tenants....
...These funds borrow stock and sell it, hoping to buy it back at a lower price and pocket the difference....
...But in universities, filled with digitally adept young people, the appetite is much lower....
...Weeks after announcing its chief executive David Atkins would step down after more than a decade in the job, Hammerson has appointed longtime rival Robert Noel, former boss of Landsec, as chairman....
...Nestlé’s share price is 8 per cent lower than a year ago. The company declined to comment on Mr Loeb’s letter and presentation....
...Kering’s shares trade at a multiple to forward earnings almost a third lower than LVMH. “Even the wealthy like a bargain, and Kering offers that,” we wrote. Lex was also upbeat on Domino’s Pizza....
...“What you do by selling your retail parks which generate a higher income yield, it results in a lower income yielding portfolio . . ....
...The law firm Reed Smith is hiring James Atkin as a partner in its global energy and natural resources group. He joins the London office from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliff....
...Briefly Fellow landlord Hammerson is parting ways with its boss, David Atkins....
...But it is a cliffhanger, with the shares dangling almost 60 per cent lower since the start of the year at around 63p....
...UK equities trade a tenth lower than other European markets against forward earnings....
...It is not just writing off billions in assets but refers to itself in the lower case — “bp”. Bit-part? kate.burgess@ft.comCineworld: cat.rutterpooley@ft.com...
...True, that means lower construction costs, but the more pressing need is actually to reduce nuclear’s cost of capital....
...Ralph Atkins Lex writer...
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