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Cash access

Cash must be kept affordable for retailers to handle, industry bodies urge

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One in five North Sea oil companies ‘expect redundancies in 2021’

Energy use

One in five companies consider Big Brother software to monitor home workers

House sales

House sales boost expected in early 2021 as stamp duty deadline approaches

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Shoppers ‘may put worries on hold to loosen purse strings for Christmas’

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Sunak pledges to make jobs ‘number one priority’ in Spending Review

Rishi Sunak

The Spending Review: what you need to know

Financial Markets

Dow Jones breaches 30,000 for first time in history as Biden picks Yellen

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NHS could save millions after CMA reaches deal to keep bipolar drug in the UK

Coronavirus – Thu Nov 5, 2020

Covid crisis ‘has cut unemployment stigma’

Coal on a beach (John Giles/PA)

Welsh firm creates jobs in West Virginia in ‘clean energy’ scheme

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National Lottery hits online sales milestone amid pandemic

Cash

Coronavirus risk from banknotes is low – Bank of England

A Boeing 737 Max (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Boeing 737 Max could return to Europe’s skies after regulator’s ruling

The Bank of England

Vaccine will boost economy but no-deal Brexit threatens outlook, warns Haskel

Operating under World Trade Organisation tariffs would cost the UK's automotive sector up to £55 billion by 2025, an industry body has claimed (Martin Rickett/PA)

Automotive industry ‘risks £55bn loss’ under WTO tariffs

House sales

UK house sales jumped by nearly 10% month-on-month in October

A Cranswick Country Foods meat processing plant

Surging demand for bacon and sausages buoys Cranswick during pandemic