Today's business and finance round up 11th May 2022
British Gas owner raises expectations amid rising energy prices
11th May 2022
Bite-sized business news from the UK and beyond
Good morning Lord Alan Sugar vs PwC, probably not a row anyone would have predicted but welcome to 2022. The Big4 accountancy giant has hit back at comments by the Apprentice star after he called its staff "lazy gits" for being able to take Friday afternoons off over summer. Writing on LinkedIn, a senior executive reward manager at PwC said his view was incorrect and "at best childish and misunderstood".
Today's stories
British Gas owner raises expectations amid rising energy prices
Payment firm becomes UK’s latest tech unicorn
ENERGYBritish Gas owner raises expectations amid rising energy prices
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Stat of the day
Apple announced that it will discontinue the iPod, 21 years after it was released. The iPod was the first MP3 player that could hold 1,000 songs and had a 10-hour battery life
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