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House rooftops

Average price tag on a home expected to rise by 5% next year

Spending by businesses survey

FTSE falls back below 7,000 mark as global virus fears rumble on

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Marston’s positive about Christmas despite pub chain posting deeper losses

Subsea electricity cable

National Grid and Scottish Power to pay £158 million for subsea project delays

Gas hobs burning

Ofgem chief Brearley: Energy suppliers need to be more resilient

A man drinking a pint of lager

Call to reduce socialising will harm hospitality sector, warn bosses

A shower head

Ofwat flags worries over ‘financial resilience’ of three water firms

Face masks sign in a shop window

We cannot be expected to enforce new mask rules, say retail bosses

TSB online problems

TSB announces plan to close 70 bank branches next year

TSB job losses

Which TSB branches are set to close?

Facebook safety

Facebook told to sell Giphy by UK competition watchdog

Euros

Inflation across eurozone hits record high of 4.9%

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Two-fifths of Gen-Z credit card holders ‘pay balance off in full each month’

An easyJet plane

EasyJet reveals Omicron fears starting to hit bookings

William Hill betting shop

888 set to complete takeover of William Hill’s European arm in early 2022

Post Office sign

Post Office hopes to raise £250,000 for Trussell Trust

A woman using a mobile phone

Cold callers pressuring vulnerable people into unneeded appliance cover – Which?

Twitter

‘Just setting up my twttr’ – How Jack Dorsey helped build Twitter