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A JD Sports shop

JD Sports ‘disappointed’ at shareholder rebellion over executive pay deal

Uber

Uber takeover of UK-based taxi software maker faces watchdog investigation

Christmas cards on sale

How have card retailers been affected by the coronavirus pandemic?

Marston's

Marston’s pub group targeted by US private equity firm over takeover

Pensions accessed

Concerns as number of people accessing their pension flexibly increases by 10%

Personal finance

Personal insolvencies fell to three-year low across 2020

Two puppies being fed

‘Humanisation of pets’ boosts vet group CVS as sales soar despite pandemic

A Dorothy Perkins Burton shop

Boohoo in talks to buy Burton and Dorothy Perkins from Arcadia administrators

A GMB union member holds a strike placard

Fresh wave of strikes start in British Gas ‘fire and rehire’ dispute

A couple walk past cars on a Lookers forecourt

Lookers drops to £50m loss after showrooms forced to close

A woman in front of a Dr Martens poster

Dr Martens targets £3.7bn valuation in stock market float

Child reading

Bloomsbury Publishing profit upgrade on lockdown book surge

A Card Factory shop

Card Factory given one-month waiver over loan breach

Tax

Bet365 boss remains UK’s biggest taxpayer

Banknotes and coins

Major banks urged to publicly commit to maintaining cash access

A construction site

Number of new-build homes registered in 2020 was at eight-year low

A home boiler

Prepay energy customers ‘worried about bills as spending increases’

Coronavirus – Mon Dec 21, 2020

High street crisis deepens as more shops shuttered for good