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A UK manufacturing plant

Manufacturers fear energy cost and political turmoil will continue to hit output

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union

Union leaders to meet rail minister in bid to secure deal to end strikes

Recruitment report

Businesses considering redundancies to manage high costs, report says

Energy costs

Treasury to announce reduced energy support scheme for businesses

Primark sign

Calls for fashion watchdog over High Street firms’ ‘unfair buying practices’

Bank of England

Sunak’s growth strategy ‘missing’, says former Bank economist

Members of the Royal College of Nursing on the picket line

Labour urged to work with SNP to block planned strike legislation

Jonathan Ashworth

Labour hoping to tempt retirees back to workforce with right to work from home

A laptop user

Mobile, TV and broadband package customers urged by Which? to haggle and switch

A woman using a mobile phone

New fraud refund mechanism could exclude a quarter of victims, TSB warns

Royal Mail vans

Fresh talks to be held in Royal Mail dispute

Aslef members on the picket line

Train operating companies offer two-year pay deal to drivers’ union

City stock

FTSE hits highest level for more than two years as miners lead the way

Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden

Starling boss says profits to quadruple this year as bank now a ‘big player’

Steve Barclay

Barclay ‘keen’ to speak with nurses’ union but no direct response to 10% offer

A Tesco shop

Tesco and Sainsbury’s to announce Christmas sales performance

Denise Coates

Bet365 boss Denise Coates takes home more than £200m despite big pay cut

Shell sign

Shell faces £1.7bn earnings hit due to UK and EU windfall taxes