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It will provide maintenance, cleaning, catering and security services at sites across the North, Midlands, West Country, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. FASHION WOE Next is braced for another fall in sales as the High Street struggles continue.

The fashion chain had seen sales fall 0.9pc in the three months to early May, and analysts expect further gloom when it updates the stock market on Wednesday. WOMEN’S PAY The proportion of women high earners in business has remained static for the past five years, a study shows.

Women accounted for just over a quarter of higher rate taxpayers, or 1.26m, said law firm Clyde & Co. REGIONAL SUCCESS Small firms outside London survive longer, a report reveals.

Fewer than two in five start-ups are still trading in the capital after five years, compared to 45pc in the South West, 44pc in the East of England and 42pc in Scotland, according to research by eBay.

BIGGER SLICE Pizza-lovers can soon enjoy Domino’s Pizza in-store as the delivery group looks to grab a slice of the restaurant market.

The franchise chain, which has about 870 stores in the UK, has earmarked sites in Maidstone, Hull and Dundee for its first sit-down outlets, a concept it has been testing in the US and Australia.