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HEADLINE SCANNER 11/10/13: RBS HQ sold for £315m | Just Eat's £9m profit | BlackBerry rival bid

by LLB Editor
11th Oct 13 7:33 am

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RBS’s South Bank office sold for £315m

M&G Real Estate has bought Royal Bank of Scotland’s flagship offices on South Bank for £315m. The deal also includes 73,000 sq ft of retail space in Bankside 1, which has tenants including Marks & Spencer and Starbucks.

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BlackBerry founders plan to bid for mobile firm

BlackBerry’s former chief executive Mike Lazaridis and co-founder Douglas Fregin are planning to put in a bid for the troubled phonemaker. The duo currently each control 8% of BlackBerry’s shares.

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Jaeger to bring manufacturing back to Blighty

The 129-year fashion brand Jaeger is planning to bring 5 to 10% of its production back to the UK. Jaeger stopped manufacturing in Britain 15 years ago.

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Just Eat’s yummy £9m profit

Online takeaway giant Just Eat saw a 77% jump in revenues last year after 11,000 restaurants joined its online service last year. The firm saw profits hit £9m in the year to December 2012, up from £2.1m.

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