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SWEET JOB

What it's like to work as chocolate taster at Cadbury

ANGELA Castleton, 54, from Middlesborough, gets paid by Cadbury to chomp on choccies to make sure they taste delicious but working at their Reading factory is nothing like you'd imagine. Are the perks really worth it? And how much of the sweet stuff do you get to eat? We went to meet Angela to find out.

MONE-Y TROUBLES

Undie firm Ultimo set up by Michelle Mone to close after 22 years

CLOSING TIME?

Mothercare may close a THIRD of stores in battle to survive

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MONEY BURNER

Lads turn candle making hobby into a business and now make £74,000 a year

ASHLEY Cook and Kristian Matthews from Croydon started selling their candles online and after two years made enough money to open a shop. Even though their business is young, it's going from strength to strength as they hope to make even more money next year.

GOING DUTCH

Marmite maker Unilever quits UK and moves London HQ to the Netherlands

BRAIN-IAC

What is Sam Altman's net worth and why does he want his brain uploaded?

BATTER BELIEVE IT

Woman left city job to open chippy in Scotland - now it makes £1m a year

BONUS BLOW

John Lewis cuts staff bonus for the fifth year in a row as profits fall

KILL TILL

Co-op to let shoppers skip checkouts and pay for groceries on their phone instead

PRIME BANKING

Amazon could be launching a bank account for customers

CRISIS TALKS

Fears Mothercare could be next high street chain to close after shares plunge

SHARES in the well-known high street retailer plummeted more than 15 per cent yesterday to an all-time low as it held crunch talks with its lenders. The chain could be faced with closure as profits are hit by strong competition from supermarkets and online retailers.

VEGGIE CLEVER

Mum-of-one creates her own baby food range Piccolo - it now makes £5m a year

PLAYTIME'S OVER?

Toys R Us could go out of business TOMORROW as buyer talks collapse

MONEY MAKER

How to make extra money from home with a Facebook, eBay or Etsy business

With small British businesses making £272 billion last year, could you stand to benefit form running your own online shop?

HIGH STREET BLUES

Electrical shop Maplin is in urgent talks to hold-off administration

THE GIG ISSUE

Millions work in the gig economy - but what is it and why's it controversial?

OUT OF DATE

Wetherspoon's steak supplier goes into administration after meat scandal

CLOSING TIME

Toys R Us 'could fall into administration next week due to £15m tax bill'

LIDL BIT MORE

Lidl to create 700 new jobs and open 19 stores before the end of Feb

A CUT ABOVE

Dad-of-two who quit banking job to set up kids' hairdressers now makes £650k

FANCY BREW

McDonald's now sells a Flat White and clears up what it actually is in new ad

NOT A DRILL

Full list of Homebase stores that have disappeared from the high street

CLOSING TIME

Marks and Spencer store closures - full list of 14 branches set to close

TAKING A POUNDING

Pound to euro exchange rate - sterling slips again after seven-month high

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