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Serco profits jump a third amid Test and Trace contract boost

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Mike Ashley: Who is the unorthodox retail magnate?

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Charities warn increase to energy price cap ‘could not come at worse time’

Bricks

Shortage of workers and rising costs hitting construction growth, report warns

Money

Firms ‘named and shamed’ over minimum wages

Report on how many EU workers have left the hospitality sector

Thousands of EU workers have left hospitality jobs in the past year – report

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Average motor insurance premium falls to five-year low

Boris Johnson school visit – London

Invest in unlisted British firms, PM and Chancellor tell pension funds

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John Lewis hands up to £5k pay raise to lorry drivers amid national shortage

Ladbrokes

FTSE rises as investors bet on new offer for Ladbrokes owner Entain

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Cost of bounce back loans could be lower than first thought

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Bidding wars for homes continued in July despite tapered stamp duty holiday

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Legal and General delivers dividend cheer after earnings jump

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Payment holidays for non-mortgage loans ‘hit pandemic peak in March’

Inflation

Inflation pressure rise as growth slows in UK’s service sector

Cult Beauty

The Hut Group to snap up Cult Beauty in £275m deal

Rolls

Rolls-Royce strikes deal to offload Bergen arm to Langley

Toyota

Toyota reports record £5.9bn profit amid pandemic