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Piggy bank

Advice firms recommend £20.1bn to be transferred from gold-plated pensions

Rishi Sunak

Food suppliers and events firms call for better access to pandemic funding

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Johnson holds talks with business chiefs on competitiveness and Covid aftermath

Stellantis was created by the merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot (John Stillwell/Fiona Hanson/PA)

Fourth-largest car company floats on Milan and Paris stock exchanges

A Topshop and Topman store

Next consortium in the frame as bids come in for Topshop owner Arcadia

A piggy bank held in someone's hand

Average savings rates squashed to new record lows in January 2021

An elderly woman holding coins in her hands

Some furloughed workers ‘plan to work an extra two-and-a-half years typically’

China Economy

China’s economy grows amid Covid-19 recovery

The City of London

Begbies Traynor buys southern insolvency firm CVR for £21m

The Dr Martens logo

Dr Martens aims for stock market listing next month

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong arrives at the Seoul High Court

South Korean court gives Samsung heir prison term over bribery

Lord Darroch

Lord Darroch: UK-US trade deal in Biden’s first term would be ‘a stretch’

Aerial view of houses

Around 100,000 house sales already agreed ‘will miss stamp duty deadline’

Octopus Energy wind turbine

New electricity tariff promises cheaper energy when windy

Big Issue founder John Bird

Jobs and training service launched to tackle unemployment

A view of houses in Dover, Kent

Seven in 10 first-time buyers taking out longer mortgages, analysis finds

Social distancing markings on an office floor

More than £3m spent Covid-proofing Treasury, FCA and tax offices

The BT Tower in the Fitzrovia area of London (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Law firm taking action on behalf of BT customers