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Kevin Hollinrake MP must jump off the fence


Today on World At One following on from the news of the sale of House of Fraser to Mike Ashley, Kevin Hollinrake, the MP for Thirsk and Malton was invited to speak to Jonny Dymond about how retail businesses were … Continue reading

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The failure to ignore Amazons response


Yesterday on World at One the apparent failure by Amazon to pay meaningful tax levels was discussed by Jonny Dymond and a couple of other people at the beginning of the programme. As Jonny pointed out the profit from Amazon … Continue reading

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Public sector procurement is in a mess


The promises made by this Government to increase the levels of procurement dedicated to SME’s from 25% under the coalition to 33% on under the new administration should offer a meaningful way of growing our economy and strengthening society if … Continue reading

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