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A Hotel Chocolat store

Hotel Chocolat enjoys online sales boost and vows to reopen all 125 stores

Ebay

Ebay and Adevinta offer to sell UK classifieds sites to secure £6.5bn merger

Cladding

Taylor Wimpey to spend £125m on cladding and safety measures

Travis Perkins

Dividend remains suspended as Travis Perkins restarts Wickes spin-off

Boohoo models

Boohoo not aware of investigations amid reports it faces US import ban

A Volvo charging

Volvo to go electric only by 2030 and shift all sales online

Rishi Sunak

Sunak to focus his Budget on support for businesses and families, Kwarteng says

Supermarkets

Locked-down Britons spend £15.2bn extra on groceries over past year – Kantar

Funeral hearse

Proposals to drive up standards around pre-paid funeral plans set out by FCA

Houses in Hexham, Northumberland

Average UK house price hit new record high in February – index

A Paddy Power shop

Paddy Power owner enjoys strong online boost from Covid-19

Ofgem sign

Energy supplier compensation bills for switching price protection failures

A gas hob

One million energy customers to get refunds after 18 firms broke switching rules

Tens of thousands of railway staff are being trained in understanding disabled passengers' needs, according to the rail regulator

Tens of thousands of rail staff to be trained to help disabled passengers

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed further Budget support packages for sectors impacted by the pandemic

Sunak to announce culture and sports support as Tory grandee warns of tax rises

Spending Review

Chancellor to launch £520m Help to Grow scheme for small UK firms

Japan Financial Markets

Global markets rally back as bond trading calms

One of the new commemorative coins, 95 of which will be given to 95 people turning 95 years old, to celebrate the 95th birthday of the Queen this year

Royal Mint gives coins to 95 people turning 95 in 2021 to mark Queen’s birthday