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Business News- UK small business owner to face L’Oréal at tribunal over trademark dispute 02/11/2025Rebecca Dowdeswell has been locked in three-year legal battle with £170bn cosmetics firm over her nkd brandA small business owner is preparing to face down the cosmetics giant L’Oréal at a tribunal next week over a trademark dispute she says has had a devastating impact on her.Rebecca Dowdeswell, 49, from Nottinghamshire, has been locked in […]
- Weight loss jab warning: fraudsters’ fake products ‘could cause real harm’ 02/11/2025As texts and social media offer cheap offers, buying from unverified sellers can cause serious health problemsYou have heard and read so much about people using weight loss injections to get slim, you feel it is time to give it a go in the run-up to the festive season. The problem is cost.But it seems […]
- Victims robbed of £4bn in ‘insulting’ car loan redress scheme, say claims firms 02/11/2025Financial Conduct Authority defends interest rate of 2.09% as critics describe proposals as ‘hypocritical’Victims of the car loans scandal could miss out on more than £4bn in compensation if the City regulator ploughs ahead with plans for an “insulting” interest rate in its redress scheme, consumer groups and claims firms say.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) […]
- Flights delayed across US amid air traffic controller shortages as shutdown drags on 01/11/2025Nearly 50% of 30 busiest airports facing absences as staff are forced to work without pay and shutdown hits 31st dayNearly 50% of the 30 busiest US airports faced shortages of air traffic controllers, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday, leading to flight delays nationwide as a federal government shutdown hit its 31st […]
- Delivery firm DPD accused of ‘revenge’ sacking drivers who criticised pay cuts 01/11/2025Exclusive: Labour peer calls for change in the law after company terminates contracts of strike ‘ringleaders’The delivery firm DPD has been accused of “revenge” sackings after workers spoke out against a plan to cut thousands of pounds from their earnings, including their Christmas bonus.The company, which reported pre-tax profits of nearly £200m last year and […]
- UK small business owner to face L’Oréal at tribunal over trademark dispute 02/11/2025