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HSBC raises rate on savings account from 1% to 5%

Savers will see the rate on a fixed-rate account jump from 1% to 5% from December, HSBC UK has announced....

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Ikea to hand workers 6% cost-of-living pay rise

Ikea is to hand its workers a pay rise and improved benefits as part of a £12 million investment in cost-of-living supp...

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Increase in car production as industry returns to growth

UK car production returned to growth last month but is still well below pre-pandemic levels, new figures show....

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Royal Mail workers and university lecturers continue industrial action on Friday

Royal Mail workers and university lecturers will continue with a strike on Friday in long running disputes over pay, pen...

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Nearly half of people ‘concerned about how their family will afford Christmas’

Two-thirds (66%) of people would rather go without a Christmas present this year if the gift-giver is worried about mone...

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Nurses to strike next month over pay after talks offer is rejected

Nurses are to hold two days of strike action next month in a dramatic escalation of the pay row raging across the NHS....

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Demand ‘shifting to rental homes as would-be buyers wait for more certainty’

Rental sector inquiries have jumped as some would-be home buyers take a pause, according to a property website....

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Increase in car production as industry returns to growth

UK car production returned to growth last month but is still well below pre-pandemic levels, new figures show....

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Identity fraud attempts expected to peak during Christmas shopping season

The number of identity fraud attempts being detected – and thwarted – increased by more than a fifth (21%) over the ...