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A Merthyr Tydfil high street

Customer satisfaction with businesses ‘at worst levels since 2015’

Chancellor Rishi Sunak speaking to young people

Government alters rules in bid to boost employment scheme for young people

London city skyline

Three city workers arrested amid £6 million bounce back loan fraud probe

Piggy bank with money

New ‘living pension’ standards needed to help low to middle earners, says report

Rail tracks

Projects to restore axed rail routes get £794m boost

Intel CEO

Chipmaker Intel blames internal error on data leak

Stock prices fall

London stocks and sterling slip on dire economic data

Cash as latest Government borrowing figures revealed

Government borrowing soared nearly sixfold to £34.1bn in December

Person using a laptop

‘Technology war’ intensifying as gamers grapple with profit-making bots for PS5

France has said it is ready to give financial support to struggling Eurostar (Jonathan Brady/PA)

France pledges to give financial support to Eurostar

Shoppers on the high street

Retail sales in 2020 fall at fastest level in 23 years – ONS

A person walks past Diageo-owned whiskies on the whisky wall at its headquarters in Edinburgh

Spirits giant Diageo to post sales fall amid pub and bar closures

London skyline

Compensation scheme for savers sets aside extra £339m to cover failures

A near-empty Rupert Street in Soho, central London

Double-dip recession ‘on cards’ after renewed lockdown sends economy tumbling

David and Victoria Beckham

Beckhams pay themselves £21m despite fashion losses

John Lewis outlet

John Lewis to repay £300m Covid loan early as sales pick up

Vehicles on the M4 motorway

Only a fifth of drivers have received an insurance premium refund – Which?

Workers on the production line at Nissan’s factory in Sunderland (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Nissan investment in UK post-Brexit a ‘great vote of confidence’, says PM