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Centrica chief executive warns high energy prices could last two years

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Around 3,000 Whitbread employees off work amid Omicron staffing woes

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Sainsbury’s profits to beat targets after bumper Christmas

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‘Tearless’ onions to go on sale in the UK for the first time

Savings

One in three cutting back on household spending, study suggests

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JD Sports lifts profit guidance after Christmas and Black Friday demand

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Car insurance costs up for older drivers and in some parts of UK, figures show

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Just Eat orders jumped a third in 2021

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France to reopen borders to UK holidaymakers

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Making a home insurance claim ‘can drive up policy costs by more than 50%’

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Households’ financial wellbeing ‘deteriorates at fastest pace since early 2020’

Gin

UK-made gins are seeing a boom as distillery numbers jump

Lorry driver shortage

Markets lift as sales figures boost London’s clothes sellers

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Monzo relaunches £5 refer-a-friend bonus

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Use electric or hydrogen planes for domestic flights, urges green group

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‘Worrying security flaws’ may expose online banking customers to fraud – Which?

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Wills can continue to be witnessed via Zoom in England and Wales until 2024

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Savers ‘raided Lifetime Isa savings to fill gaps in their finances’