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Ten Entertainment scores strike after staycations boost summer trade

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Energy firms warned Government that sector was fragile, MPs told

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71% surge in bank transfer fraud losses in first half of 2021

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HSBC branch staff learning Welsh

Boris Johnson with Joe Biden

Joe Biden ‘wrong’ to have concerns over Northern Ireland, Eustice says

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) meets US President Joe Biden (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Joe Biden plays down chances of striking trade deal with UK

Saga

Saga’s 2022 cruise bookings power ahead of pre-Covid levels

Carex – Sand in Your Eye

Carex soap sales 40% higher than before Covid-19

Ladbrokes

Entain considering takeover offer after previously rejecting suitor

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Card payments accounted for more than £4 in every £5 spent in 2020, says BRC

Spending by businesses survey

Covid loan bank went through ‘gigantic shift’ as it funnelled £88bn to UK companies

The UK Government deal with CF Fertilisers will see its plant in Billingham, Cleveland, resume production

Taxpayers to step in to help fund CO2 production to prevent food shortages

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

UK considering trade pact with US, Mexico and Canada

Energy prices

Ministers agree to cover plant costs to keep CO2 production going – reports

Boris Johnson visit to US

Boris Johnson arrives at White House for talks with Joe Biden

Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with Amazon executive chairman, Jeff Bezos (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Jeff Bezos tells Boris Johnson that governments must decide taxation frameworks

Boris Johnson visit to US

Johnson declines to commit to getting US trade deal before next election

Housing Stock

Pay up or have licences ripped up, Ofgem warns five suppliers