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UK chancellor expected to use some of the pot to enhance automation and use of data in the NHS
...In an interview with Laura Kuenssberg alongside husband Doug Barrowman, Mone said that was “not a crime”, adding: “No one deserves this.”...
Jeremy Hunt also pledges to add £2.5bn to health service’s day-to-day spending in 2024-25
...Sales momentum slowed in the second half of the year, however, and despite the uptick in sales, industry data show that Asda has consistently underperformed its bigger rivals Tesco and J Sainsbury....
...J Sainsbury’s fresh plans to boost shareholder returns and cut a further £1bn in costs over the next three years drew a lukewarm response from investors on Wednesday after the supermarket chain also disclosed...
...J Sainsbury was among the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 on Wednesday after strong grocery sales failed to allay concerns over its struggling general merchandise business....
Decision will come as blow to health secretary, who had been pressing for extra funding
...Since January, all the main food retailers — including Tesco, J Sainsbury and Asda — have said that store staff will receive at least £12 an hour from April, matching the higher voluntary rate set as a benchmark...
...The strong performance from Tesco and M&S comes a day after rival J Sainsbury disappointed investors with weak general merchandise sales....
...Additional reporting by Sarah Neville...
...Reporting by Valentina Romei, Laura Onita, Sarah Neville, Stephen Morris, Sid Venkatarakrishnan, Oliver Barnes, Oliver Telling and Leke Oso Alabi...
...Laura Trott, chief secretary to the Treasury, said the economy was “now beginning to turn a corner”, adding that inflation had more than halved....
...The delegation included former national security adviser Stephen J Hadley, former deputy secretary of state James B Steinberg and Laura Rosenberger, chair of the American Institute in Taiwan, Washington’...
...UK supermarket chain J Sainsbury has provided further evidence that food price inflation is easing, as the group reported an almost 10 per cent increase in sales....
...Meanwhile, executives from Tesco, J Sainsbury, Asda and Wm Morrison on Tuesday told MPs they would support an online scheme that would require petrol stations to share live fuel prices with customers in...
...AIT chair Laura Rosenberger will travel with the two....
...Separately, Allan is to sell his 20 per cent stake in J&A Mentoring, a business that mentors executives at leading companies, six years after he co-founded the company with Anna Joseph....
...Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has joined the advisory firm Consello Group....
...J Sainsbury has forecast annual profits will be up to £700mn after the supermarket started its new financial year “with great momentum” despite an uncertain outlook for customer spending....
...Tesco, J Sainsbury, Asda, Co-op, Waitrose, Marks and Spencer, Lidl, Aldi and Ocado did not immediately respond to a request for comment....
...The transaction is expected to help Asda expand its share of the competitive convenience sector as it seeks to overtake J Sainsbury to become the UK’s second-largest supermarket chain....
...More here from Sally Hickey, Laura Noonan and George Parker....
...Industry figures said the so-called big four supermarkets — Tesco, J Sainsbury, Asda and Wm Morrison — had become less price-competitive at the pump because they faced increased competition selling groceries...
...The Issas’ ambition is for Asda to overtake J Sainsbury as the country’s second-largest supermarket as UK chains battle to retain existing cash-strapped customers and attract new ones....
...That is what the 57-year-old boss stands accused of after announcing cuts at the German group’s publishing division Gruner+Jahr (G+J)....
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