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Thames water sign

Thames Water to pay out £11m to businesses over water bill failures

Customers at a Mecca Bingo hall

Bingo hall boom as Mecca owner Rank sees venues beat post-lockdown expectations

A Eurostar train

Eurostar ramping up services to meet growing demand

Kwasi Kwarteng

Competition watchdog confirms national security investigation into Ultra takeover

Lorries

McBride warns on profits as lorry driver and materials shortages drive up costs

A Lloyds sign

Lloyds Bank aims to be UK’s biggest private landlord by 2025

Kwasi Kwarteng

Kwarteng orders national security investigation into Ultra Electronics takeover

Sir James Dyson

Sir James Dyson: Home-working affecting competitiveness of UK firms

John Lewis

John Lewis launches savings accounts amid push away from retail

A model wearing Burberry

FTSE falls as China’s call for wealth redistribution hurts Burberry share price

A Booker sign

HGV drivers threaten strikes over Tesco’s new pay policy

Juliet Davenport, who founded Good Energy

Good Energy rejects takeover bid by fellow green supplier

Nando’s

Nando’s shuts dozens of restaurants as chicken shortage ‘not going away’

Houses

House prices push to record high as buyers scramble to beat stamp duty deadline

Shopping being carried in plastic carrier bags

Inflation cools as clothes costs fall but petrol hits eight-year highs

Train tickets, a wallet and coins

Rail passengers face potential 4.8% rise in fares

Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty’s UK losses continue due to delays on central London projects

Petrol pump

Inflation comes in below forecasts but economists warn of rises to come