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Hinkley Point construction

Hinkley Point C nuclear power station delayed and costs rise

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Symbio facing £100,000 fine for late payment of green taxes

Shoppers walking past closed shops and Poundland in Lincoln city centre

Retail prices slide lower amid post-Christmas sales and store closures

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Misleading adverts by debt companies banned in ASA rulings

View of London

Asking rents in major cities plunge by as much as 12% annually

Closing Down sign in a shop (Rui Vieira/PA)

Fresh wave of job losses expected in next few months, researchers say

Microsoft offices

Microsoft posts 15.5bn dollar second-quarter profit

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Newspaper bosses call for ‘fair payment’ from tech giants

City stock

FTSE makes gains despite drag from rallying pound

A Morrisons store

Cause of card payment glitches at Morrisons and Co-op investigated

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Warning over Brexit-themed text message scam

Saga

Cruise firm sees vaccine boost demand among silver-haired travellers

Rishi Sunak

Sunak urges MPs to wait until Budget to learn of next Covid-19 support measures

Another lockdown hit high streets early in January

Retailers expect worst month since May as lockdown mars January

Lidl is paying a 'thank you' bonus to its staff

More than 25,000 Lidl workers to get ‘thank you’ bonus

Ursula von der Leyen

EU urges Biden to help draft joint rule book to rein in tech giants

A 'Stay at home' coronavirus poster in an empty high street

Unemployment rate soars to highest level for more than four years

Grindr app

Norway fines Grindr dating app £8.5m over privacy breach