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A cash machine

Britain ‘among countries experiencing steep decline in cash use amid pandemic’

Coins and notes

More than half of employees ‘have not planned their finances beyond 2020’

A port

Calais warns hauliers of ‘difficult’ consequences of wrong post-Brexit paperwork

The Supreme Court

Landmark £1.2bn battle over coronavirus insurance claims begins at Supreme Court

Mitchells & Butlers results

All Bar One owner Mitchells & Butlers to axe 20 pubs and restaurants

Savings bonds

Average one-year bond rate falls to record low

Matt Hancock says Government has had to work with a broad range of companies in the private sector

Hancock defends ‘unbelievable’ range of private-sector deals during pandemic

Vodafone

Vodafone says trading on track after ‘resilient’ half-year despite Covid-19

House prices

House sellers’ average asking prices dip by £1,500 in November

An aerial view of houses

Rural rents jump as tenants escape to the country

More people have been turning to online shopping

Half of online shoppers suffer parcel delivery issues since lockdown

New build homes

Housing algorithm ‘to be overhauled to prioritise building of urban homes’

Wrapped presents under a Christmas tree

Black Friday and Christmas bargain-hunters warned of online scams

A man leaves a branch of Greggs

More than 800 jobs to go at Greggs amid UK lockdowns

Hays Travel outlet

Hays Travel founder collapses and dies at head office

JD Sports financials

JD Sports in Footasylum reprieve after tribunal overturns watchdog block

Tata Steel

Tata Steel funding plans ‘extremely worrying’ for workers

Vaccine

Vaccine optimism fades on muted day for markets