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A The Works shop

The Works warns of fears for the future amid Covid-19 restrictions

Coronavirus pub closures

Virus crisis leads to closure of thousands of licensed premises – report

Leaseholds

London mayor in 999-year shared ownership lease pledge

A closing down sale in a shop

Consumer financial confidence yet to receive ‘jolt in the arm’, index finds

Arcadia redundancy payments

Next withdraws from bidding war for Sir Philip Green’s retail empire Arcadia

Biden Inauguration

Pound soars but markets sluggish after inauguration jubilation

A woman’s hand presses a key of a laptop keyboard

Fortnite developer brings legal action against Apple and Google to UK

Stacked coins

Lenders expect more households ‘to default on mortgages in next few months’

Dogs at Pets at Home

Pets at Home sees festive sales soar amid pandemic boom in demand

Coins and banknotes

Watchdog proposes price caps on claims management firm charges

Tom Blomfield warning

Monzo founder leaves company after enjoyment runs out

Sold sign outside a house

House sales jumped by 31.5% annually in December – HMRC figures

A British Gas bill next to a lit domestic hob

Online payments and card transactions offset Covid-19 hits at PayPoint

A couple in a bed

Eve Sleep sees sales jump but warns over supply woes

Daily Mail paper being read

Daily Mail owner sees drop in circulation revenue, advertising plummets

A Ladbrokes banner behind two racehorses

Ladbrokes owner Entain chooses new boss after US bidder drops out

A gas ring

Gas networks set sights on hydrogen as green future looms

A quiet Loughborough high street in January

Households ‘think it could take three years for finances to recover from Covid’