Mark Kleinman
@MarkKleinmanSky
Sky News City editor, CityAM columnist; winner, 2021 British Journalism Awards; twice London Press Club Business Journalist of the Year. Charlton Athletic fan.
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Exclusive: Andy Burnham’s government is drawing up plans to hold a major international investment summit in the north-east (potentially in Gateshead) next spring, at which it will seek to unveil tens of billions of pounds of bilateral deals involving companies and investors.
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Exclusive: John Healey, the chancellor, has called in retail and hospitality chiefs for pre-Budget talks next week amid industry concerns over a business rates raid and amid the government's push for industry bosses to help to get 1m young people into work. More on @SkyNews soon.
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Exclusive: BT Group has reached a deal to acquire both TalkTalk's wholesale arm, PXC, and its consumer broadband operations, via a pre-pack administration which will be announced this morning. TalkTalk's largest creditor, Ares Management, is expected to be paid £100m. More soon.
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Exclusive: John Healey, the chancellor, has called in the chief executives of Britain’s biggest banks, including Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds for a pre-Budget summit next Tuesday amid mounting industry fears of a punitive tax raid later this month.
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Exclusive: Downing Street is delaying a flagship investment summit penciled in for December by Sir Keir Starmer, with Andy Burnham keen for the event, which will seek to attract billions of pounds from investors, to take place outside London next year.
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Revealed: The government is finalising the appointment of Lord Stockwood, investment minister under Sir Keir Starmer, as chair of the Office for Investment, the revamped Whitehall agency tasked with improving Britain's recent record at attracting inward investment.
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Exclusive: Britain’s biggest banks will this week launch an equity-raise aimed at funding the development of a new domestic payments infrastructure provider which could ultimately evolve into an alternative to the American giants Mastercard and Visa.
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Revealed: Some of the City's biggest asset managers, including M&G Investments and Schroders, are vying to manage a new £1bn scale-up fund targeting British science and tech champions that PM Andy Burham claims will "deliver growth in every postcode".
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