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Morrisons pledges to reduce carbon emissions in supply chain

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Slight drop in Scotland’s unemployment rate

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British Airways launches new Gatwick airline to rival easyJet

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Apple and Google duopoly ‘hurting competition in phone and tablet market’

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National Express and Stagecoach agree merger to create £1.9bn transport giant

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Proportion of people who think now is a good time to buy a home drops

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Jobs market rebounds further amid record 257,000 rise in UK payrolled workers

Rentokil

Rentokil unveils ‘win-win-win’ deal to snap up Terminix for £5.1bn

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Toyota pledges to offer range of 30 fully electric vehicles by 2030

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BT takeover fears as French billionaire increases stake to 18%

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Ocado buoyed by US court victory as sales fall due to worker shortages

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Cash deposits and withdrawals at Post Offices top £3bn in a month for first time

Andrew Bailey

Bank of England orders lenders to put money into rainy day fund

Technology summit in Dublin

Elon Musk named Time magazine’s Person of the Year

Business insolvencies

FTSE drops on rough day for global markets

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Dyson workers asked to continue office working

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NatWest hit with £264m fine after breaches of anti-money laundering rules

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Union in pay warning to Financial Conduct Authority amid restructuring