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Lars Carlstrom

Man behind £2.6bn battery factory plan quits after tax fraud conviction emerges

Regional rail links should be prioritised over long-distance schemes such as HS2, according to Government advisers (HS2/PA)

Prioritise regional links over HS2 – Government advisers

Holiday refunds

LoveHolidays to refund 44,000 customers for cancelled trips

A branch of Moss Bros

Landlords give thumbs-up to Moss Bros restructuring plans

The Mexican Embassy in London's Mayfair

UK signs post-Brexit trade deal with Mexico

Passengers in an airport

New system to cut quarantine suffers ‘chaotic start’

Amazon packaging

Amazon pocketed 40% of new online spend amid pandemic, says MP

Image of Barclays' signage

Barclays fined £26m over poor treatment of customers in financial difficulty

A letterbox with post

Households should beware of fraudsters posing as delivery firms, says UK Finance

A view of the City of London

Insurer LV= seals £530m sale to private equity giant Bain

BiFab

Economy Secretary challenged on Scottish Government’s ‘rotten deal’ for BiFab

A Jobcentre Plus

Redundancies soared to record 370,000 in lead-up to second lockdown

People walk under Christmas lights

West End landlord Shaftesbury plunges to £699m loss as virus hits valuations

A Zara shop

Zara owner Inditex and H&M sales hit by second wave of pandemic

Purplebricks 'Sold' signs

Purplebricks enjoys boost from stamp duty holiday and pent-up demand

Boris Johnson visits the Akshardham Temple in New Delhi, a sister temple to the Neasden Temple in North West London, during a previous tour of India (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Boris Johnson to visit India in January

A branch of JD Sports

JD Sports snaps up US trainer retailer Shoe Palace in £243 million deal

A GWR train

Long distance battery trains to launch on London-Penzance route