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People walk along the high street in Loughborough

PM urged not to ignore tax pledge by raising business rates for firms

Money stock

Almost half of charities sell property and assets amid Covid cash crunch

A Ryanair plane

Ryanair boss warns of ‘dramatically higher’ air fares next summer

Money in a purse

Shops refusing cash even as lockdown restrictions are eased, Which? finds

The controls on a domestic gas boiler

Gas boilers ban expensive and disruptive, warns union

Calton Hill

Scotland overtakes London as fastest-moving market for million-pound homes

HGVs

Government changes HGV test rules in bid to tackle shortages

Coronavirus – Thu Jul 29, 2021

Fines of up to £10,000 for Covid travel test ‘cowboys’ – Javid

London stock

FTSE edges higher despite losing steam amid disappointing GDP

JD Sports

JD Sports expected to reveal robust UK and US trading

Channel 4 sign

Privatising Channel 4 ‘could result in £2bn being lost to creative economy’

Houseparty app

Drop-in video chat app Houseparty to close in October

Lorries

Days when shoppers could get anything from supermarkets over – trade body boss

Travellers at airport

Government needs ‘interventionist’ response to Covid travel tests – watchdog

A Kew Gardens 50p trial piece

Royal Mint to auction rare sample coins for first time in its history

Cineworld cinema

Cineworld to pay £122m to dissenting shareholders after Regal takeover

Government extends working hours for lorry drivers

GDP growth slows to a trickle as ‘pingdemic’ and materials shortages bite

A self-isolation message.

Economic recovery stalled in July but autumn could be rosier, economists say