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A housing development by Persimmons Homes

Persimmon takes £75m hit for tower block cladding measures

John Kirkby

Debt relief charity founder with ‘passion for financial justice’ stepping back

Shuttered shops

More than half a million firms at risk of failure amid cash crisis, report warns

A distillery

Pandemic sees UK gain record number of new distilleries

House with for sale sign

Price tags on first-time buyer homes in north-west England ‘rising fastest’

A person working from home

Mental health absences cost UK businesses £14bn in 2020, study suggests

Valentines Day

Warning to online daters as romance scams increase during lockdown

The City of London

Southern start-ups receive ‘five times more funding than in the North’

A Tesco logo

Shareholders aim to force Tesco to cut junk food sales

Dune shop sign

Dune launches CVA restructuring deal to cut rent costs

Money stock

Pressure from sterling but help from housebuilders leaves FTSE treading water

Andrew Bailey

Investigator rejects claims made by Bank boss around investment firm’s collapse

JD Sports

JD Sports boss: 1,000-job warehouse to be built in EU due to Brexit

Michael Lynch

British firm founded by ex-government aide ‘cooked the books ahead of US sale’

British tech tycoon Michael Lynch arriving at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, London

British tech tycoon should not be extradited to US over fraud case, court told

Kwasi Kwarteng

Talks ongoing with Treasury over ‘flexible’ financial support, says Kwarteng

Cyberpunk 2077 game

Cyberpunk 2077 developer hit by cyberattack

A woman looks at the notonthehighstreet website on a laptop

Notonthehighstreet sold to US private equity firm as sales enjoy pandemic boost