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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

Miniature houses on piles of coins and banknotes

‘Uncertain’ outlook for mortgage demand after March 2021

Shoppers outside a Primark store

Primark owner takes £430m hit from lockdown closures

A person holding a bank card uses a laptop

Be on guard when shopping online this Christmas, cyber safety experts warn

Pets At Home

Pets At Home becomes latest essential retailer to hand back rates savings

Banknotes and coins

Bank of England should investigate ‘missing’ £50bn of banknotes, says committee

A couple walk in front of Christmas lights in Birmingham

Shopper footfall plummets in November amid second English lockdown

Waitrose

Quarter of shoppers bought online for first time during pandemic – Waitrose

Brexit

Chance of post-Brexit trade deal breakthrough ‘receding’, UK warns