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...As the CBI boss Tony Danker said in a tough speech today, measuring the UK’s long-term prospects by the speed of the post-Covid bounceback — the upside of a V-shaped recovery — is kidding ourselves....
...He was to be accompanied by Victoria — groomed, blonde — just in from New York, where she was studying art history, and Teresa Mavica — groomed, blonde — then V-A-C’s director....
...Even as we sit here, there are those in power are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting,” he said, “by closing polling locations, and targeting minorities and students with restrictive ID...
...Three or four years ago, the market was dead,” says Janis Fedorovskis, director of the Benidorm office of the Engel & Völkers estate agency....
...Wendy Martin, executive director of V.me, said the launch of the wallet “responds to the huge growth of online payments”, noting that the sector is expanding three times faster than face-to-face payments...
...The late Australian performance artist Leigh Bowery told iD magazine in 1987 that: “I’d seen those clothes in magazines but it was shocking to see them actually on sale.”...
...That seems illustrative of his ‘grey man’ persona. 8.12pm (Ian) Vince claims you can save £5bn by scrapping ID cards....
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