LATEST BUSINESS NEWS

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Markets take a knock as US GDP fails to grow as fast as hoped

Empty shop freezers

Quarter of food and hospitality firms hit by low stock levels – ONS

Boris Johnson

Universal Credit cut set to go ahead, Prime Minister suggests

The City of London

Hays sees skills shortages push up wages as hiring bounces back

A man drinking in a pub

Pubs ‘to serve six million fewer pints this bank holiday than pre-Covid’

Supermarket sales

Driver shortage could push food prices higher, warn hauliers and supermarkets

A plane

Air arrivals down 87% on pre-Covid levels

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New data laws will focus on ‘common sense, not box-ticking’, says minister

Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy outside a Pure Gym

Pure Gym members flock back as Covid restrictions ease

A Sports Direct sign

New boss of Sports Direct owner could bag £100m shares bonus

New cars

Car production ‘plummeted’ in July

London's 'Walkie Talkie' building

Watchdog proposes new rules after series of audit failures

A Qantas plane sits on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport

Qantas planning to restart UK-Australia flights in December

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Headcount to drop in consumer service sector next quarter, business group says

Houses

Burglaries rise 6% as people leave their homes after lockdown

Federal Reserve-Powell

Markets rises tentatively as traders wait for US Fed speech

Alex Salmond

SNP-Green deal ‘looks like student politics’, Alex Salmond claims

Gatwick Airport chief executive Stewart Wingate

Gatwick still planning to bring emergency runway into routine use