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ScotRail Monday service misery

ScotRail adds additional services to timetable following strike action

Aslef members at a picket line

Rail passengers face more disruption as train drivers strike

Greggs

Greggs sales soar by a quarter despite snow and strikes

Phone call to old woman from scam or fraud caller

Police have lost ‘interest in prosecuting fraud’, deputy High Court judge says

A production line of new cars

Sales of new cars sink to lowest level in three decades

Christmas shopping

Christmas shoppers provide boost despite rail strikes and cost-of-living crisis

People on a picket line

Top bosses ‘earn more by Thursday afternoon than average worker will make in year’

Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce

Government must help SMEs recover amid ‘bleak’ outlook, business group urges

Dignity in takeover talks

Funeral firm Dignity in talks with consortium over £260m takeover

Amazon warehouse

UK workers at online giant Amazon to stage first ever strike amid pay dispute

City stock

FTSE closes higher again but drifts from top levels

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Chancellor tells business chiefs energy bill scheme is ‘unsustainably expensive’

A receipt and money

Inflation vow realistic ‘due to economic factors rather than political measures’

Gas hob

Energy bills set to dip below Government support levels from July, forecast says

House rooftops

Boxing Day bounce sees rise in sellers putting homes on the market

The Tesla logo

Tesla shares tumble after electric vehicle company misses delivery target

Rail Strikes

Train drivers’ strike will cripple services as union leaders warn of escalation

Sainsbury’s store

Sainsbury’s increases staff pay again to £11 an hour