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City of London stock

FTSE rises again amid Omicron optimism while Wall Street falters

Theo Paphitis

Theo Paphitis’s Ryman chain hit by earnings loss for first time in 25 years

Coronavirus – Thu Feb 25, 2021

Suspend green energy levies while gas prices high, says former Tory minister

Sony Vision-S 02

Sony Vision-S 02 SUV shows technology firm is serious about becoming a car manufacturer

The empty concourse at Victoria railway station, central London

Rail firms defend decision to axe hundreds of trains

Google stock

German watchdog puts Google under closer anti-competition scrutiny

Asda sign

Asda hires Nisa boss to run stores in latest leadership shake-up

Bank of England

Bank of England tries hand at ‘pop-economics’ in new book

Power lines

Energy price rises hitting whole economy, trade body boss says

An LG wave display screen

CES ‘risks becoming non-event’ because of reduced attendance amid Covid concerns

Someone looking at an energy bill

Martin Lewis gives view on whether energy customers should sit tight on deals

A supermarket shopper

Shoppers shun hospitality in favour of supermarkets in December

Ryanair planes

Ryanair sees drop in passengers carried amid Omicron travel curbs

A Poundland store

Andy Bond stepping down as Poundland owner Pepco’s chief over health issues

Shoppers in Canterbury

More than four in five people ‘have experienced increases in living costs’

Lord Bird with Big Issue vendors

Big Issue launches appeal to support its vendors

A lit ring on a gas hob at a home in north London (Yui Mok/PA)

Johnson dismisses calls to scrap VAT from household energy bills

A Nationwide Building Society branch

Nationwide customers complain of delays to incoming payments