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TransDigm drops £7bn plan to take over defence firm Meggitt

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Only French turkeys for some this Christmas, producer warns

Chancellor Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street

Chancellor confirms date for autumn Budget

William Hill betting shops

888 takes pole position in race to buy William Hill’s European business

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Virgin Media O2 hyperfast broadband rollout passes 10m homes milestone

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Parents and young people urged to check if they have ‘hidden’ savings windfall

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Takeovers of UK firms soar to highest point since 2018

Fran Unsworth

Fran Unsworth to step down as head of BBC News in 2022

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McBride hit by lorry driver shortage and higher costs

Cairn Energy

Cairn Energy plans £500m shareholder bonanza from Indian government tax dispute

A spider hangs in its web with the buildings of the banking district in the background in Frankfurt, Germany (Michael Probst/AP)

German industrial production increases as supply chain issues ease

New Bovis Homes

Vistry ups profit outlook despite supply chain and cost pressures

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Ted Baker vows to move away from heavy discounting

An aerial view of houses

Average UK house price hit record high of £262,954 in August

Shop prices

Online sales fall in August as shopping habits shift

A Tesco Extra store

Tesco: Let us use Apprenticeship Levy funds to teach workers to drive

A train at a railway platform

Third of 16 to 25-year-olds do not have a railcard – survey

The grace period extension means sausages and other chilled meats will be able to continue to cross the Irish Sea

Protocol grace period rolled over again in continuing ‘sausage war’ truce