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Hearts 'will adopt living wage'

Hearts vow to become the first football club in Scotland - and biggest in the UK - to adopt the living wage.

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'Prize money gap needs to be closed'

Men earn more prize money than women in 30% of sports, a BBC Sport study reveals.

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The man who built a chocolate empire

Hotel Chocolat co-founder Angus Thirlwell explains how he created a corporate mints provider which he transformed into a chocolate empire.

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Silicon Valley's billion dollar failures

US tech start ups are 'burning' cash at alarmingly high rates, and some experts are warning that innovation could suffer

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The Brazilian walk-in siesta centres

A start-up business in Brazil is rolling out a network of drop-in siesta centres, where people can go to take an afternoon nap.

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Aldermore scraps flotation plans

UK bank Aldermore scraps its plans to float on the London Stock Exchange, citing the "recent deterioration of global equity markets".

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