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On Wednesday this week, it will be the 40th anniversary of the launch of the FTSE 100. The index has, not surprisingly, changed a lot since it was conceived...

Defence group pays £850m up front to get deal over the line

He was a stabilising influence at a troubled time but was later a stern critic of how the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan were handled

CEO Comtek Network Systems UK Ltd and chair DBF Despite the myth that we dont build anything in Britain, the UK is the ninth largest manufacturing country in the world, according to Make UK, the manufacturers organisation. North East Wales and North West England is the largest manufacturing hub for the UK, worth about £30bn. However, the services sector, such as leisure, retail, entertainment, etc accounts for over 75% of the UKs GDP. The UKs car exports in 2019 were valued at about £32bn...

OWNERS of unlicensed television sets in 1961 were being warned that detector vans would be in Bracknell and Wokingham to root out owners of sets who can’t be bothered to buy licences. In an effort to see how easily the scheme would work the Bracknell News went on a test run with Assistant Head Postmaster Leslie Howden who explained: “We are not anxious to prosecute people-we just want them to buy their TV licence.” It was time for the only public clock in Bracknell High Street to get ...