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Electricity pylons

London narrowly avoided blackout as electricity prices surged last week

An HSBC UK branch

Bank reveals three most common scams

Wine delivery on a doorstep

Naked Wines finance boss quits in wake of sales alert

Shoppers

Households cutting back across the board, says building society

Aldi plans

Aldi hands 26,000 UK workers second pay rise of the year

Vodafone

UK price rises help Vodafone offset its German woes

A woman uses an ATM

One in 10 trying to save cash ‘intends to make fewer contactless payments’

KPMG jobs

KPMG fined for misleading regulator about Carillion audit

A Ryanair plane

Ryanair swings to profit but outlook uncertain in ‘fragile’ market

Airport queue

At least 40% of airport workers ‘thinking about quitting’ – survey

Woman working at clay roof tiles factory

More over-50s returning to work amid cost-of-living crisis

Asian Seamstress or worker in a factory sewing with a industrial sewing machine

‘Low-paid workers unlikely to report abuses out of fear and insecurity’

Economic report

Office attendance continues to grow, Regus owner IWG says

Shutters coming down at a shop

Thousands of businesses go bust while awaiting business rates rebates

Chairs and tables stacked in a closed restaurant

Restaurants closing doors ‘due to crippling staff shortages and inflation’

Disabled student Josh Osborn, 30, is now working as a prep chef at The Ivy Montpellier Brasserie in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire thanks to the National Star (Thousand Word Media/National Star/PA)

Disabled student lands top chef’s job

Someone watering a garden

Quarter of homeowners have abandoned garden makeovers, poll finds

T-Mobile

T-Mobile settles to pay more than £290m to US customers after data breach