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SWISS MANUFACTURERS MAKE UP AN OUTSIZE SHARE OF THE FORTUNE 500 EUROPE; THE SUCCESS OF FRAGRANCE GIANT DSM-FIRMENICH HELPS EXPLAIN WHY.

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From Hokuriku Region and Japan’s northern heartlands, Hokuhoku Financial Group, with Hokuriku Bank and Hokkaido Bank at its core, is driving regional renewal by uniting finance, technology, and community to spark sustainable growth across borders and generations.

Budget fiasco: That the whole of Wednesday’s Budget was erroneously published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) an hour before chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) stood up to give her spee

‘THE STORY AHEAD’ AND THE HUMAN TOUCH