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Nicola Sturgeon

Sturgeon: Scotland can be global hub for purposeful business

Lloyds branch

Lloyds hands workers £1,000 bonus to ease cost-of-living worries

Ships operated by P&O Ferries and DFDS

Ferry firms offer commitments amid competition fears

Offshore wind turbines

Offshore wind sector will employ almost 100,000 by 2030, report predicts

Sun setting behind an oil platform

Amber Rudd among former ministers to stress importance of oil and gas industry

Fuel pumps

Competition watchdog to review fuel prices

Housebuilder Countryside

Housebuilder Countryside puts itself on the market after investor pressure

Woman looking at bread.

Walmart launches drive to recruit British sellers to online marketplace

National Grid Grain LNG site

Exports to Russia fell to 18-year low in April as sanctions hit

Shopping

Shrinking economy in April puts recession fears back in spotlight

A petrol pump

New record petrol prices hike pressure on Government to cut duty again

Go-Ahead’s Air Filtering Bus

Bus operator Go-Ahead in talks with two suitors over takeover

Manufacturing

UK economy contracts in April as costs crunch sends Covid recovery into reverse

Cabinet Meeting

UK must ’embrace new technologies’ to grow economy, Chancellor says

Passengers at Heathrow

Heathrow passenger numbers at 79% of pre-coronavirus levels

The UK economy contracted for the second month in a row in April in the first back-to-back fall since the pandemic struck in 2020 as the cost of living crisis and end of the Government's test and trace programme took its toll (Danny Lawson/PA)

UK economy suffers first back-to-back fall in April since start of pandemic

Baby plays with toy

Huge increase in cost of childcare over past decade – TUC

A post office

Record £3.23bn in cash handled by post offices in May