Merger
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Income tax and NI merger: a fair and honest way to tax
Not content with reforming pensions taxation, the government has taken a step closer to merging income tax and national insurance (NI). There have already been scare stories that one straight-forward income tax would be a chance for the
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British Gas investors set for payout following merger with Shell
Thousands of small investors still sitting on the British Gas shares they bought after the 1986 'Tell Sid' campaign could be in for a windfall payout. In 1997, British Gas was split into two companies, oil exploration firm BG Group and
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Heinz to tie up Kraft deal
Heinz is set to buy Kraft in a deal that will gather some of the UK's best-known grocery brands within one of the biggest food firms in the world. The new firm - to be called the Kraft Heinz Company - will become one of the largest food
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BT in £12.5bn talks to buy EE
BT has entered exclusive talks over a £12.5 billion deal to buy Britain's biggest mobile phone operator EE. The disclosure comes after days of speculation over whether BT would opt to bid for O2 or rival EE, which is owned by Deutsche
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Why we should merge income tax and NI
Merging National Insurance into income tax is one of those perennial topics that gets a bit of air every Budget and Autumn Statement but it may be that we're inching closer to this simplification, and it wouldn't be a bad thing. You
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Carphone and Dixons in merger deal
Carphone Warehouse and the owner of Currys and PC World have announced a merger deal valuing the combined business at around £3.7 billion. The proposed tie-up between Carphone and Dixons Retail Group will create a new company with a UK
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Retail giant to emerge from merger
A £3.7 billion merger between Carphone Warehouse and Dixons is set to be unveiled this week in a move creating a retail giant with 1,300 UK stores. The new company, which will be called Carphone Dixons plc, should enable Currys and PC World
