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A tax return

Late tax return penalties will be waived for a month due to Covid-19 pressures

Empty tables in a restaurant in central London

Hairdresser and restaurant cancellations surge after rise in Covid-19 cases

Boots store

Boots owner beats expectations as UK pharmacy chain strengthens

People looking in an estate agent's window

23% of young people ‘do not think they will ever feel financially secure’

Ten Entertainment said it has seen strong sales despite concerns over Omicron (TenEntertainment/PA)

Ten Entertainment strikes strong new year trading despite Omicron

Andrea Coscelli

Competition watchdog chief to quit after six years

Energy costs

What is behind the cost-of-living ‘crisis’ and what can we do to cope?

Made.com sofa

Made.com sees sales jump despite hit from supply chain troubles

Underground station

Months of strikes set to cause disruption to London’s Night Tube

A restaurant worker lays a table

Hospitality firms saw Omicron hit in December as service sector growth slowed

Petrol pump

Petrol retailers not passing price drops on to customers, warns RAC

A Greggs store

Greggs boss reveals price rises and Covid issues ‘as bad as pingdemic’

A Next store

Next raises profit outlook again but warns of further price rises

A Poundland store

Poundland steps up expansion despite challenging retail conditions

Cars at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

New car industry suffers ‘bleak’ 2021 with limp recovery

B&M store

More than 24,000 B&M workers to get bonus after bumper Christmas

Distressed man at laptop

Which? demands stronger safeguards for online shoppers using ‘pay later’ deals

An old woman holding coins

Cancer sufferers find it hard to discuss financial impact of illness, says study