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FRP Advisory

Company failures to rise in 2023 as cost pressures take their toll, warns FRP

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt

Tories put pressure on Hunt to offer Budget tax cuts

An empty pint glass on a bar

More pubs and bars call last orders as costs spiral and sales sink

A plane takes off past the control tower at Heathrow (Steve Parsons/PA)

Heathrow workers to vote on strike action in pay dispute

A woman looking stressed

Warning about romance scammers issued ahead of Valentine’s Day

Central Heating – Stock

SNP calls for 20% cut to energy bills

Call for tax on disposable vapes

Call for excise tax on disposable vapes to deter children

A member of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union on the picket line

RMT union rejects latest offers from Network Rail and train operating companies

Members of the RMT on the picket line

RMT union rejects ‘final offers’ from Network Rail and train operating companies

Autumn weather Oct 5th 2020

FTSE closes weaker after stagnant GDP reading

Prepayment meter

Shapps disappointed with energy suppliers’ plans over prepayment meters

Retail banks

Two of UK’s biggest banks to kickstart reporting season for sector

Apple

Apple supports scheme to encourage more girls into electronics career

A piggy bank

35% of savers have needed to dip into pots recently ‘to pay for essentials’

Ambulance workers on the picket line near to Bournemouth Ambulance station in Dorset

University staff and ambulance workers stage fresh strikes in pay dispute

Prepayment meter

Energy firms commit to no more forced prepayment meters for vulnerable customers

Super Bowl advert

Super Bowl ads keep it light with nostalgia and stars

Gordon Brown

Brown: Governments must work together to make Glasgow an economic superpower