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Dame Anita Frew

First Rolls-Royce chairwoman receives damehood

Christmas shopping

Next set to reveal sales dip as ‘squeezed middle’ cut Christmas spending

London City

Shares drop as FTSE closes the year on a downer

China Huawei

Huawei says it is out of ‘crisis mode’ despite revenue remaining flat

The return of hospitality and higher utilities bills sparked higher spending

Consumer spending jumps 10.6% in 2022 amid surging inflation

London banks

Banks to use AI and other digital tools to boost customer support

A cafe's empty table and chair sit in London’s Covent Garden

Hospitality firms ‘hugely concerned’ for New Year’s trade after disruption

House prices

House prices continue losing streak, but falls ease in December, says Nationwide

A couple holding hands

Unmarried couples risking missing out on life insurance payouts – research

inflation

Cost crisis wrought havoc in 2022, but 2023 set to be ‘year of recession’

A piggy bank being smashed

Families facing ‘groundhog year’ as financial squeeze continues – think-tank

York Minster

Towns and cities where house prices have increased the most and least in 2022

A private jet

Lobby group calls for supertax on private jets to boost public transport

Winter weather Dec 20th 2022

London markets make gains after strong trading in US

Border Force staff on the picket line at Birmingham Airport

Ministers will not be ‘held to ransom’ by unions, says Wallace

A Nationwide Building Society branch

Appy Christmas: Nationwide Building Society sees bumper mobile banking logins

Energy prices

Some energy bills set for small monthly rise from Sunday

Motorway signs

Road traffic officers to launch two-day strike