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Buyers have least choice of available properties since 2004, says Rightmove

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Scotland’s private sector growth rate at lowest since April

Interest rates

Omicron and new restrictions raise prospect of Bank holding rates once more

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People buying a puppy this Christmas warned to avoid criminal sellers

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Elliott Advisors condemns outgoing Taylor Wimpey boss over management ‘missteps’

A plane at Heathrow Airport

Reunite families at Christmas by relaxing hotel quarantine rules – Heathrow boss

City of London

Disappointing GDP data weighs on London as markets close lower

LV deal with Bain

LV= members fail to back £530m Bain takeover

Oil rigs

Developer pauses work on Cambo oilfield

Shell sign

Shell shareholders overwhelmingly back moving headquarters to UK

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Currys to reveal sales progress as online growth continues

The Bank of England

Bank of England: Public expect inflation to remain higher over next 12 months

A waitress carries drinks

Services sector reaches pre-pandemic levels despite GDP slowdown

Primark store

Primark reports better than expected showing since September

The new McDonald’s ‘net zero carbon’ restaurant at Market Drayton, Shropshire. Picture date: Thursday December 9, 2021. Photo credit should read: Anthony Devlin/PA

McDonald’s opens net zero-carbon restaurant in UK ‘first’

Christmas presents

More than one in 10 shoppers ‘have fallen for purchase scams’

Faded signage on a closed bank in London

Bank branch closures should be paused immediately, says Which?

Model houses on coins

Private sector tenants face ‘postcode lottery’ over standard of their homes