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New Year’s celebrations

Traders ring in the new year with strongest showing since July

The entrance to the Evergrande Shanghefu residential complex under construction in Beijing

Troubled Chinese developer told to demolish resort

Energy prices

Slashing VAT would not necessarily cut fuel bills, says Downing Street

Models of elderly people on coins

Final salary pension savers urged to make sure they are prepared for retirement

A piggy bank being smashed

Households putting less money in savings and borrowing more on credit cards

Burger King's new vegan nuggets

Burger King launching vegan nuggets in aim to be 50% meat-free by 2030

Smoking cooling towers and chimneys

Government mulls plans to spare industries from higher carbon cost

Manufacturing

Manufacturing growth remains robust as signs point to easing supply chain woes

A Wildwood restaurant

Restaurant firm Tasty laments ‘disappointing’ December amid Omicron spread

Elon Musk

Activists call on Tesla to close new Xinjiang showroom

Southeastern train

Go-Ahead halts share trading amid Southeastern rail scandal

The car park at Kingley Vale in the South Downs National Park near Chichester, West Sussex

Drivers slapped with more than 22,000 parking tickets every day

A Rolls-Royce engine

Rolls-Royce offloads Bergen Engines in £53m deal

A plane taking off

Wizz Air flies 2.6m passengers in December

People looking in an estate agents' window

First-time buyer total ‘topped 400,000 last year for first time since 2006’

Kwasi Kwarteng

New rules to make foreign takeovers of key UK firms harder

Energy prices

Martin Lewis warns soaring energy bills could force ‘eat or heat’ dilemma

New Year’s Eve

‘Shift in behaviour’ as high street footfall rises on New Year’s Eve