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Amazon-Shareholders Meeting

Amazon shareholders vote against audit of warehouse working conditions

Cabinet Meeting

Sunak set to announce help for the poorest to cope with cost-of-living squeeze

Downing Street partygate

Anger at finding of ‘unacceptable’ treatment of security and cleaning staff

City of London

FTSE back in the green as SSE shines

Coronavirus – Mon Apr 12, 2021

JD Sports boss Cowgill steps down after 18 years in charge

Bottles of beer

No threat to bottled beer supply because of glass shortage, says industry chief

Severn Trent

Severn Trent launches £30m fund to help extra 100,000 households with bills

Fuel pumps

Petrol prices exceed £1.70 per litre for first time

Water bills

Water regulator calls on firms to support customers as half face struggle to pay

Power lines

SSE reports profit jump and highlights investment as talk of windfall tax intensifies

Technology stock

UK App Store economy saw record growth in 2021, Apple says

London views

Prudential names former Citi banker as new boss as pivot to Asia continues

Hollywood Bowl

Hollywood Bowl buys Canadian brands in international expansion move

Kittens

Families ‘will cut back on cars and eating out before spending less on pets’

Golden Retrievers

Demand for pets ‘nearly half that of pandemic peak’

Downing Street partygate

Unions condemn PM over findings of ‘partygate’ probe

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (Daniel Leal/PA)

Sunak faces balancing act to ensure support does not drive up inflation

Online relationships

Google Chrome only blocking a quarter of phishing websites, researchers claim