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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Monday 18th July 2022

5. Starbucks is reportedly exploring a potential sale of its UK business as it faces increasingly tough competition and changing customer habits.

However, a "formal sales process" has not been started, according to media reports.

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4. Amazon's online grocery shop is price matching hundreds of Tesco #TSCO  products as supermarkets battle for customers amid the soaring cost of living.

Amazon Fresh is starting its Tesco Clubcard Price Match on items such as fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.

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3. The UK is set to become home to the world's largest automated drone superhighway within the next two years.

The drones will be used on the 164-mile Skyway project connecting towns and cities, including Cambridge and Rugby.

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2. Tax cuts are being promised by several Conservative party leadership hopefuls, but a top official at the International Monetary Fund has warned it might be better to raise them instead.

Mr Flanagan said tax cuts could be misguided and might even boost inflation by strengthening spending.

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1. A union has called for a legal limit on how hot it can be in a workplace as a red warning for extreme heat begins.

The GMB union said workers should not have to contend with temperatures any higher than 25C, as forecasters predict a record high of 41C (106F) in England.

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