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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Friday 13th August 2021
5. Arrival is being touted as probably the most valuable electric vehicle company you've never heard of.
Based in the UK and listed on the Nasdaq in the US, it is worth $8bn (£5.7bn). But it isn't making cars, it is focusing on commercial vehicles - vans, buses and taxis.
4. Many firms are citing a lack of finance as holding them back from the ability to quantify their carbon footprint.
Only one in 10 of over a thousand firms surveyed by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) are measuring their carbon footprint and currently 26% of larger firms with more than 50 employees are measuring theirs.
3. Directors at UK inhaler company Vectura have recommended shareholders accept a £1bn bid from tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI).
The Marlboro cigarette maker's offer of £1.65 per share beat a rival bid from US private equity group Carlyle, whose final offer was £1.55 per share.
2. Technology giant Amazon's TV and film business is moving production of its multi-million dollar Lord of the Rings series to the UK from New Zealand.
The as-yet-untitled fantasy epic is set thousands of years before the events in JRR Tolkien's books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Ring.
1. The first week of August saw 1.7m active job ads in the UK, new research has found.
The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) said that the last three weeks have seen the highest numbers of new job postings since mid-May with job ads for photographers and broadcasting equipment operators experiencing the largest rise, up 19% on last week.