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Pound jumps to a two-year high despite tension over Brexit talks

BiFab workers

Holyrood inquiry urged into BiFab collapse

London's taxi and private hire drivers are to receive an additional 1.5 million face masks and 30,000 bottles of hand sanitiser, Transport for London has announced (TfL/PA)

Taxi drivers to get 1.5m face masks to combat Covid-19

Network Rail engineers work on overhead power lines

Network Rail hit by £1bn funding cut

Brexit

No 10 says Brexit trade talks at ‘very difficult point’

Cineworld closures

Cineworld reacts to Warner Bros move to release 2021 films on HBO Max

Hiring notice

US hiring slows sharply to 245,000 jobs as coronavirus intensifies

An EE shop advertising phone repairs

Majority of consumers ‘more likely to replace broken phone than get a repair’

Purchase scams

Jump in purchase scams being reported to Santander by its customers

Arcadia Group

Around 26,500 retail jobs under threat after week of high street turmoil

An Ann Summers store

Ann Summers launches restructuring to slash rent bill

A Lidl distribution centre

Lidl agrees to hand back £100m saved in business rates relief

Ted Baker

Ted Baker to reveal turnaround progress as closures weigh on half-year sales

Michel Barnier

Sharma admits EU trade talks in ‘difficult phase’ as tensions resurface

Demand for new cars fell

New car demand down 27.4% in November

People eating McDonald's in G-A-Y bar

G-A-Y owner criticises Government as Soho bar begins serving McDonald’s

Construction work

Construction sector grows as housebuilding ramps up

Houses under construction

Berkeley profits slide amid Brexit and pandemic uncertainty