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Fuel retailers deny profiteering as pump prices shoot up

Fuel retailers deny profiteering as pump prices shoot up

Fuel retailers have dismissed claims that drivers are being overcharged following a surge in pump prices. Data released by the RAC on Wednesday showed an 8p...

Superdry in talks with Indian giant Reliance to fashion £25m licensing deal

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Superdry in talks with Indian giant Reliance to fashion £25m licensing deal

Superdry, the struggling London-listed fashion retailer, is close to striking a partnership with India’s biggest retailer that will release tens of millions of pounds to bolster...

Food prices see month-on-month fall for first time in two years, British Retail Consortium says

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Food prices see month-on-month fall for first time in two years, British Retail Consortium says

Food prices have dropped for the first month in more than two years, according to an industry lobby group that says food inflation is now in...

Employers must be clear with staff over workplace monitoring, warns privacy watchdog

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Employers must be clear with staff over workplace monitoring, warns privacy watchdog

Employers must be clear with their staff about the use of workplace monitoring, the UK’s privacy watchdog has warned. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) says...

Ratcliffe mulls buying Manchester United minority stake

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Ratcliffe mulls buying Manchester United minority stake

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the petrochemicals billionaire, is contemplating buying a minority stake in Manchester United Football Club rather than seeking full control, in an effort to...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to confirm toughening of benefits sanctions while raising living wage

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to confirm toughening of benefits sanctions while raising living wage

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will reiterate the government’s commitments to make benefits sanctions harsher in a speech today – while also committing to raising the national living...

Water firms seek £156 rise in annual bills to tackle shortages and sewage spills

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Water firms seek £156 rise in annual bills to tackle shortages and sewage spills

Water companies are making their case for a hike to annual household bills of up to £156 in the second half of the decade, to tackle...

Challenger bank Redwood to go public as Rowland engineers R8 tie-up

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Challenger bank Redwood to go public as Rowland engineers R8 tie-up

The prominent financier Jonathan Rowland is to take the challenger bank he co-founded six years ago onto the London stock market through a reverse takeover of...

Tory calls for PM to slash 'unsustainable' tax burden - as Rishi Sunak takes on first conference as Conservative Party leader

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Tory calls for PM to slash ‘unsustainable’ tax burden – as Rishi Sunak takes on first conference as Conservative Party leader

Top Tories are setting out their policies as the Conservative Party conference kicks off in Manchester – with levelling up, immigration and the next general election...

Single-use plastic ban comes into force in England - with plastic cutlery and plates off the table

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Single-use plastic ban comes into force in England – with plastic cutlery and plates off the table

A ban on single-use plastic plates and cutlery and certain types of polystyrene cups and containers comes into force in England on Sunday. It follows a...

Bathroom retailer Victoria Plum sold to owner of Beds.co.uk

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Bathroom retailer Victoria Plum sold to owner of Beds.co.uk

The owner of Beds.co.uk and furniture retailer Cox & Cox has swooped to buy Victoria Plum, one of the UK’s best-known bathroom sellers. Sky News understands...

German media giant Axel Springer roars into £600m Telegraph auction

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German media giant Axel Springer roars into £600m Telegraph auction

The German media giant which publishes Die Welt, one of Europe’s leading newspapers, has joined the race to buy The Daily Telegraph and its Sunday sister...

GDP: UK overtakes France and Germany as economic growth bigger than expected after COVID

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GDP: UK overtakes France and Germany as economic growth bigger than expected after COVID

The UK is no longer lagging behind in the G7 group of wealthy countries as revised figures show economic growth was bigger than first thought. The...

Tory public service pledges and corrective measures after austerity pushed tax burden up

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Tory public service pledges and corrective measures after austerity pushed tax burden up

The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ analysis that the UK’s tax burden is the largest since the Second World War puts into historical context what has been...

PM urged to give support to millions of households set to struggle with energy costs this winter

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PM urged to give support to millions of households set to struggle with energy costs this winter

Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure to provide support for millions of households expected to struggle with energy costs this winter. More than 140 charities and...

Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson have overseen largest tax rises since Second World War - thinktank

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Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson have overseen largest tax rises since Second World War – thinktank

Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson have overseen the largest set of tax rises since the Second World War, according to economic analysis. The Institute for Fiscal...

Wilko creditors face vast losses after collapse of family-owned retailer

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Wilko creditors face vast losses after collapse of family-owned retailer

Unsecured creditors in Wilko face recovering as little as 4p in the pound of the money they are owed, according to the first estimate published by...

New petrol and diesel cars face gradual phasing out under production guidelines

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New petrol and diesel cars face gradual phasing out under production guidelines

Up to 20% of new cars on Britain’s roads could still be petrol and diesel models in 2030, after the Government published guidelines for phasing out...

Average mortgage rate on five-year fixed deal slips below 6% for first time in months

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Average mortgage rate on five-year fixed deal slips below 6% for first time in months

The interest rate on the average five-year fixed mortgage has dropped below 6% for the first time in nearly three months. According to financial information firm,...

Reduced chance of winter power blackouts despite loss of coal back-up - grid operator

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Reduced chance of winter power blackouts despite loss of coal back-up – grid operator

The risk of the lights going out is down this winter, with power margins almost back to levels seen before the energy crisis, according to an...

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Fuel retailers deny profiteering as pump prices shoot up

Superdry in talks with Indian giant Reliance to fashion £25m licensing deal

Food prices see month-on-month fall for first time in two years, British Retail Consortium says

Employers must be clear with staff over workplace monitoring, warns privacy watchdog

Ratcliffe mulls buying Manchester United minority stake

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to confirm toughening of benefits sanctions while raising living wage

Water firms seek £156 rise in annual bills to tackle shortages and sewage spills

Challenger bank Redwood to go public as Rowland engineers R8 tie-up

Tory calls for PM to slash ‘unsustainable’ tax burden – as Rishi Sunak takes on first conference as Conservative Party leader

Single-use plastic ban comes into force in England – with plastic cutlery and plates off the table

Bathroom retailer Victoria Plum sold to owner of Beds.co.uk

German media giant Axel Springer roars into £600m Telegraph auction

GDP: UK overtakes France and Germany as economic growth bigger than expected after COVID

Tory public service pledges and corrective measures after austerity pushed tax burden up

PM urged to give support to millions of households set to struggle with energy costs this winter

Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson have overseen largest tax rises since Second World War – thinktank

Wilko creditors face vast losses after collapse of family-owned retailer

New petrol and diesel cars face gradual phasing out under production guidelines

Average mortgage rate on five-year fixed deal slips below 6% for first time in months

Reduced chance of winter power blackouts despite loss of coal back-up – grid operator

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