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Hospitality chief welcomes relaxation of restriction but tells of damage caused
Hospitality and retail chiefs have welcomed the relaxation of some Covid-19 restrictions – but spoke out over the dama...
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Bank boss warns inflation pressures may stay until the end of 2023
Bank of England boss Andrew Bailey has warned over mounting signs that inflation pressures may last longer than first th...
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Together Energy collapses, leaving 176,000 needing a new supplier
Together Energy has become the 26th energy company in just five months to be buried under the weight of soaring gas pric...
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Microsoft buys gaming firm Activision Blizzard for £50bn
Microsoft is buying gaming company Activision Blizzard for 68.7 billion dollars (£50.5 billion), gaining access to bloc...
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UK jobs market shrugs off Omicron as number of payrolled workers soars to record
Britain’s jobs market strengthened further last month despite the Omicron variant of coronavirus hitting the UK and th...
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B&M’s billionaire brothers sell £230m stake
The billionaire brothers who built up discount retailer B&M into a nationwide chain have sold more than a quarter of the...
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Google announces £762m investment to buy UK office site
Technology giant Google is investing around £762.5 million in buying a site in London where it is currently a tenant....
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Just Eat orders jumped a third in 2021
Fast food delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway.com saw orders jump by a third in 2021 as the pandemic kept up demand for eat...
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Making a home insurance claim ‘can drive up policy costs by more than 50%’
Making a single home insurance claim can drive up the cost of a policy by more than 50%....