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An Openreach worker and van

Openreach defers new ultrafast fibre projects in bid to clear backlog

Shoppers

Recession fears mount as private sector to shrink for fourth consecutive month

Banknotes

De La Rue warns jobs under threat after third profit alert this year

A Pets at Home store

Freight and energy costs pull Pets at Home profits lower

EasyJet

easyJet launches recruitment campaign for over-45s

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Next set of strikes will have severe impact on network, warns ScotRail

Workers leave the factory

Workers stage protest at virus-hit iPhone factory in China – reports

National Lottery

National Lottery firm notches up record first half despite falling shop sales

An elderly man

Pensioners start to receive up to £600 from Wednesday to help with energy bills

Jac the sniffer dog

How specially trained sniffer dog Jac will keep electricity flowing this winter

Rail Strikes

Railway workers to stage series of strikes in December and January

BP saw its share price jump by more than 6%

Surge in energy stocks helps push FTSE 100 to two-month high

Coins and notes

2023 will be a very difficult year, OBR member warns MPs

Models of houses on coins

Average five-year fixed mortgage rate less than 6% for first time in seven weeks

Drax power station

Drax boss denies company is Europe’s fourth largest carbon emitter

An AO World delivery van

AO World reveals widened losses amid cost crisis, but insists actions paying off

A G4S security guard

Fears of Christmas cash shortage as G4S staff vote for December strike

App store symbol

Competition regulator launches investigation into Apple and Google ‘duopoly’