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Cerelia to sell Jus-Rol

Cerelia to sell Jus-Rol after appeal to allow pastry merger blocked in court

Construction of homes

Housebuilders set to report amid soaring interest rates

Commuters in Canary Wharf

Economy returned to pre-Covid levels earlier than first thought, data suggests

Net zero

UK private investment ‘needs to rise by two-thirds to reach net zero by 2050’

Boris Johnson visit to Octopus Energy

Octopus gets 2m new customers as it buys Shell’s domestic energy supply business

Direct Line

Direct Line to pay out £30m to overcharged home and car insurance customers

Superdry

Superdry reports deepening losses after ‘exceptionally challenging’ year

Passengers at Paddington train station in London

How are the train strikes affecting each operator?

Paddington station in London during a strike by members of the Aslef union

Train drivers’ strike severely affects services

Wilko shopfront

HMV owner finalising deal to save majority of Wilko stores

British engineering, mechanical equipment made in the UK

UK manufacturing sector shrinking at fastest pace since lockdown, data suggests

A view of housing

House prices fell in August at sharpest annual rate since 2009, says Nationwide

Scenes at Paddington station in London as rail passengers face fresh travel disruption on Friday (Joe Sene/PA)

Train drivers strike set to cripple rail services across the country

Snow-covered fields

Ofgem announces rise in storm compensation cap from £700 to £2,000

A hand on a laptop

Fifth of buy now, pay later customers ‘have used the credit to fund essentials’

A piggy bank

City regulator analysing savings providers’ ‘fair value’ assessments

Mark Harper

Harper to meet aviation chiefs after air traffic control disruption

A Thameslink train

How will Friday’s train strike affect each operator?