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Employee optimism

Tech stocks soar after disappointing US jobs report

Amazon logo

Amazon looking to hire 55,000 people worldwide

Commuters at Waterloo station

Demand for rail travel back to two-thirds of pre-Covid levels

Oil rig

Greenpeace takes legal action against UK Government over oil drilling permit

Amazon UK operations technology

Amazon to hire 1,250 new UK staff

A man is vaccinated

Wizz Air to require pilots and cabin crew to be vaccinated by end of year

Bank of England

Bank of England names Huw Pill as new chief economist

Homeworking set-up

Quarter of office workers would take pay cut for permanent homeworking – survey

Contactless payments

Britons splash out over bank holiday weekend as card use hits 21-month high

A job centre

Job vacancies surge, say recruiters

Jameson whiskey

Jameson owner Pernod Ricard sees profits jump as restrictions ease

John Flint

Former HSBC boss to lead new UK infrastructure bank

WH Smith store

Travel recovery lifts WH Smith sales ahead of targets

Cargo ships in port

Manufacturers shrug off shortages to beat expectations in August

A KPMG sign

KPMG accused of providing ‘false and misleading’ information to audit watchdog

The 888 website

888 to beat revenue and earnings targets after UK betting boom

National Grid

National Grid’s £7.8bn electricity deal given green light

Estate agents' boards

House prices jumped by nearly £5,000 month-on-month in August