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A Southeastern train

Train firm stripped of franchise over failure to declare £25m of taxpayer cash

Pub deal

Competition watchdog considers probe into Admiral takeover of Hawthorn pubs

More than 80% of UK mobiles and landlines will be able to use 159 at the outset

New fraud hotline for banks’ customers will stop scammers in their tracks

Irn Bru

Irn-Bru deliveries suffer from HGV driver shortage

A broadband logo

New broadband rules will make switching provider easier – Ofcom

Clydesdale bank branch

Hundreds of new claimants join legal action against Clydesdale bank over loans

Rentokil Initial

Rentokil lifts growth targets amid booming hygiene demand

Southeastern to use data on passenger weight for better social distancing

Government takes over running services on Southeastern

Lego Braille Bricks coming to UK for visually impaired children

Danish toy giant Lego builds up £720m net profit as sales soar

Moonpig cards and gifts

Moonpig delivers sales forecast hike as demand remains strong

Lorry driver shortage

Army tanker drivers to be put on standby amid fuel supply issues

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey speaks

Bank of England boss makes ‘plague of locusts’ joke amid warning over economy

A UK street

House prices increasing by £44 per day on average, Zoopla index shows

A sign on fuel pumps showing no fuel available at a BP petrol station in Grangemouth.

Demand for petrol should ease in ‘coming days’, says industry

A Qatar Airways aircraft

Qatar Airways announce £3 billion losses amid pandemic

Oil rigs

FTSE finishes higher as rising crude prices lift oil majors

Lorry driver shortage

Why are there shortages at the fuel pumps and what happens next?

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves

Reeves pledges £28bn annual climate change fund under Labour