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A Santander branch

Santander races to claw back £130m after Christmas Day blunder

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New Year’s Eve rail strikes to go ahead, say union leaders

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How workplace pension revolution has transformed savings after nearly a decade

City stock

‘Record low number’ of UK firms fell into administration in 2021

Walkers in woodland

Dream of an early retirement is ‘very much alive and kicking’ – survey

TUC new year message

TUC new year message urges pay rise for workers

Stock prices

FTSE reaches 22-month high in post-Christmas bounce

A British Airways plane

UK international flights down 71% from pre-virus levels

A bartender wearing a face mask stands outside a bar in Cardiff

Scottish and Welsh pubs to lose out as New Year’s Eve revellers opt for England

Piggy bank

Pension funds ‘must help create a world people want to retire in’

A freight lorry at Dover

New post-Brexit rules set to hit food supply chains in new year – industry body

A Go-Ahead bus in Southampton

Go-Ahead exploits ‘Great Resignation’ to hire 1,000 apprentices in 2021

Tourists on the near-empty top deck of a sight-seeing bus in London

Warning as one in eight UK travel and tourism jobs unfilled

Bank notes and coins

Households face £1,200 hit as cost of living rises, think tank warns

A near-empty restaurant

Restaurants and bars ‘lost average of £10,000 in week before Christmas’

Anglo American

Anglo American confirms discussions for partnership on Brazilian mine

A piggy bank being smashed

Lockdown savers ‘have spent around fifth of their cash pots on average’

Feet in flip flops on a beach

Financial protection of holidays more important due to Covid – survey