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Post Office signs first ever click-and-collect deal with external courier firm

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BHP in talks over merger deal to exit petroleum sector

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Average price tag on a home dipped by about £1,000 in August, says Rightmove

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Two in three firms plan to hire new workers, survey finds

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Two-thirds back keeping £20 a week Universal Credit boost until economy improves

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One in 10 rental tenancies ‘going to former home-owners who have sold up’

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Strong back-to-school shopping season expected in coming weeks, study suggests

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More than two-fifths of UK adults ‘planning holidays abroad’

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Nailed it: Study looks for cheapest places to buy DIY tools

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FTSE closes up for the fourth week running as Covid fears fade

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Discovery executive vows fight to keep Polish media firm targeted by government

Just Eat

Investors look to earnings and US strategy in Just Eat’s results

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The Vectura directors who backed Philip Morris takeover

John Penrose

Former minister backs calls to halt ‘long decline of British manufacturing’

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Stock Spirits accepts £767m takeover approach from CVC

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Former Greene King boss snaps up 18 historic coaching inns

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Record number of households in England using Help to Buy equity loan scheme

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Ingredients firm chooses London for major stock market listing