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Piccadilly Circus, London

Retail sales dive and expectations hit record low in shutdown

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HSBC improves on expectations as profits drop 34% to £6.2 billion

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Nearly £20m of fraud prevented in 2020 by banking industry-funded police unit

A high street

Jobless rate hits 5.1% but data shows ‘early signs’ of stability

Heathrow hotels

Pandemic travel crisis drags Holiday Inn owner IHG into the red

An aerial view of rows of houses

House sales 24.1% higher in January than same month a year earlier

Amanda Blanc

Aviva continues international withdrawal with £2.8bn sale of French business

Mental health issues

Fair treatment of vulnerable customers must be embedded in firms’ culture – FCA

Mike Ashley

Sports Direct owner expects to take £100m hit from continued lockdown rules

Environmental campaigners are calling on local authorities to divest from fossil fuel investment

Council pensions have £1.2bn invested in fossil fuel firms, say campaigners

Gender pay gap

Labour criticises six months’ reprieve for companies on gender pay gap reporting

Pubs are set to begin a phased reopening from 12 April

'Very small percentage' of pubs can reopen in PM's lockdown roadmap

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Unions warn of jobs uncertainty after Boris Johnson’s road map unveiled

Stock prices fall

FTSE closes lower despite rebound after PM’s ‘road map’

Fortnite logo

Epic Games ‘cannot continue UK action against Apple’

Coronavirus

‘Impossible’ to trade profitably outdoors in April warn pub bosses amid road map

Jay-Z

Moet Hennessy buys 50% stake in Jay-Z’s champagne brand

Emergency landing plane

UK bans Boeing 777 planes with same engines as Denver fire flight