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A Dunelm store

Dunelm expects price increases to ‘accelerate’ as costs jump

Offshore wind farm

Auctions to fund renewables increased to every year to boost green energy

The badge on a Honda car

Honda’s sales and profits drop amid rising costs and chip shortages

A man looks at a Toyota car

Toyota sales slip due to computer chips crunch

Imperial Leather shower gels and creams

Carex owner sees sales ease off as pandemic demand slows

A Menzies Aviation worker guides a plane

John Menzies sees shares take off after rejecting £469m bid approach

Barratt development

Barratt to build more homes than expected amid robust demand

Dunelm

Dunelm cheers record trading as customers spruce up homes during pandemic

A bouquet of roses

Romance scam victims make payments over two months on average, bank finds

LV office

LV= and Royal London merger talks end

Someone on a laptop

Competition watchdog launches campaign to help shoppers spot rip-offs

View of homes

Average rents are now £744 per year higher than in March 2020, report finds

Brexit

Brexit sees firms suffer more costs, red tape and border delays, says watchdog

Oil rigs

Sliding oil prices pull BP and FTSE lower at the close

Julie-Ann Haines, Principality Building Society CEO

Building society promises not to close any branches for next four years

Energy prices

Ofgem ‘should have acted differently’ to ensure companies did not collapse

A person buys a train ticket

Train company apologises for overcharging passengers since Saturday

Money stock

Earnings trigger for automatic pensions enrolment remains at £10,000