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Metro Bank

Metro customers bank another £1.4 billion in Covid year

Michel Barnier, EU's Chief Brexit Negotiator

Barnier: EU-UK deal ‘within reach’ but both sides need to compromise

Retail

Retailers and hospitality firms set for business rates ‘double whammy’

House prices

Average UK house price reached new high of £239,000 in August – ONS

William Hill

William Hill flags profits hit as local lockdowns force bookies to close

Brexit

Business leaders describe ‘pointless’ call with PM and Gove over Brexit

A sign advertising Eat Out to Help Out

End of Eat Out to Help Out scheme pushes UK inflation higher

Flights to China from Manchester Airport

Cathay Pacific slashes 8,500 jobs and closes regional airline

Next store sign

Next accused of destroying documents ahead of equal pay claim case

Parcel post box

Postal workers to pick up parcels from British doorsteps

Rural location

Report reveals England’s countryside locations seeing biggest house sale booms

City of London

Black entrepreneurs ‘see worse outcomes despite investing more money and time’

A Netflix logo

Netflix reports summer slump in subscriber growth

British Airways retires 747 fleet

Shares in Manchester companies fall on quiet day for stock market

Coronavirus

Up to 1,809 pubs hit by new Greater Manchester lockdown measures

Iceland products in the new packaging

Iceland and Britvic announce new sustainable packaging moves

The Bank of England

Bank policymaker adds support for negative interest rates

A couple look in an estate agent's window

Home-buyers ‘should start search by November to benefit from stamp duty holiday’