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Today's business and finance round up 4th May 2022

BP posts highest profit in over 10 years as calls for windfall tax grow

May 04, 2022

4th May 2022

Bite-sized business news from the UK and beyond

Good morning How long would work for one company? For millennials (those aged 25-40) the average figure is 2 years and 9 months. But Brazilian Walter Orthmann has taken company loyalty to a whole new level. The 100-year-old started working at a Brazilian textile company at age 15. Now, over 84 years later, he's earned the Guinness World Record for longest tenure at the same company.

Today's stories

  • Heating up – BP posts highest profit in over 10 years as calls for windfall tax grow

  • Arm twisting – Boris Johnson woos chipmaker to London listing

ENERGYBP posts highest profit in over 10 years as calls for windfall tax grow

Other stories to keep you in the loop

  • Pfizer accused of Covid profiteering as first-quarter sales hit $26bn

  • Energy firms face deadline in review of direct debit hikes

  • Missguided seeks suitors as the fast fashion house teeters on the brink of collapse

  • Amazon ends Android shopping app digital downloads

  • Elon Musk toys with idea of possible fees on Twitter

  • Uber Eats couriers to make rapid Tesco deliveries

  • Chelsea sale: Deal plunged into doubt after U-turn on loan repayment

  • Operator of Piccadilly Lights to be sold in £463m deal

  • Brewdog to give workers 50% of bar profits and shares worth £120,000

TECHBoris Johnson woos chipmaker to London listing

Stat of the day

About 59% of adults in Europe are overweight or obese, according to a new World Health Organisation report

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