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A pint of lager in a pub

UK services sector grows at fastest pace for nearly a year after spending boost

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Pennon’s south-east England water firm deal could harm regulation, says watchdog

An Asda store

Asda refinances £3.2bn of debt with higher interest rates

Rail Stock

Trainline passes £5 billion ticket sales amid UK rail travel recovery

Heathrow hotels

First quarter revenues rise at hotels giant IHG

An HSBC bank in Covent Garden, London

HSBC facing shareholder pressure over green finance ahead of AGM

Grenfell inquiry report

FTSE 100 ahead of European peers after dollar boost

A woman drinking wine at a business function

Doubts raised over demand for pints of wine ahead of September launch

Industrial strike

Rail companies suggest informal talks to resolve train drivers’ dispute

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Standard Chartered shares jump after revealing higher profits

People look at a painting in the new Last Cage Down exhibition at the Mining Art Gallery

New art exhibition on demise of coal mining

A postman collects mail from a postbox

Royal Mail’s six-day delivery service must continue, says business minister

A Revolution bar

Revolution Bars holds takeover talks with rival Nightcap

Ozempic insulin injection pen

Growing demand for weight loss treatments drives sales at drugmaker Novo Nordisk

Letting and estate agents' boards

Nine new tenants ‘registered for each available rental home in March’

Commuters in London

UK economic growth downgraded for next two years – OECD

Shell fuel pumps

Shell reveals better-than-forecast earnings amid pressure over climate goals

A Co-operative Bank branch

Co-op Bank transformation ‘materially complete’ ahead of merger deal