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FTSE lags behind global market as miners struggle

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Social care levy ‘could affect family stability for those just about managing’

London stock

Insurance market Lloyd’s swings back to profit

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KPMG sets target for nearly a third of senior staff to be working class

London commuters

Employers warned not to neglect workplace pensions duties as economy recovers

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Current account customers offered £100 to switch to major bank

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EasyJet to ask shareholders for £1.2bn after rejecting takeover bid

Furlough drops in July

Some 1.6 million remained on furlough as scheme wound down

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McDonald’s launches first plant-based burger in UK and Ireland

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Morrisons warns lorry driver shortage will push up prices

Coronavirus

Sharp rise in businesses that struggle to find staff

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First Irish Amazon warehouse creates 500 jobs

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888 agrees £2.2bn deal to buy William Hill’s European business

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Supply chain crisis threatens to derail recovery – BCC

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Costa Coffee staff to get 5% pay rise

Houses in Leicester

Decline of the front garden as homeowners install driveways

Three mobile network

Three to reintroduce European roaming charges in post-Brexit blow

People using a smartphone

Europe roaming charges: will I have to pay to use my phone abroad?