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British Gas strike action

British Gas workers vote for strike action

Quarantine

Regular updates to travel corridors list suspended over Christmas

Mike Ashley

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group declines to make formal bid for Mulberry

Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove in Downing Street.

FTSE 100 falls over cautious Gove comments

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Furlough scheme and coronavirus business support loans extended

Eat Natural Bar

Nutella-owner Ferrero gobbles up Essex cereal bar maker Eat Natural

A general view of the BAE Systems plant in Brough, Hull (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)

BAE hiring record number of trainees as ‘national priority’

GWR train

GWR cancels Christmas train services after Covid-19 outbreak among crew

Volkswagen logo

Volkswagen loses EU court case in diesel emissions scandal

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial watchdog failed to properly regulate collapsed mini-bond scheme

British Airways has cut more than 15 long-haul routes due to operate next year (Tim Ockenden/PA)

British Airways axes more than 15 long-haul routes

Bottles of Scotch whisky

Trump administration trying to secure mini trade deal with UK, says US

A branch of Watches of Switzerland

Watches of Switzerland hikes outlook as it slams move to end tax-free shopping

Bank of England

Outlook buoyed by vaccine but remains uncertain amid Brexit talks – Bank

Person using a laptop

One in four homes has access to gigabit broadband – Ofcom

Closed Upper Crust shop

Upper Crust owner slumps to annual loss and warns of ongoing sales woes

WPP_Installation

Advertising giant WPP says sales to rebound to pre-pandemic levels by 2022

A nurse tests for Covid-19 at a drive-through testing site

Serco postpones dividend payment and returns furlough cash