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Silicon Roundabout

Tech job vacancies soar past pre-pandemic levels

Rishi Sunak

Chancellor promises £12 billion for new Infrastructure Bank

An HSBC UK branch

LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness issues offered bank account help

The FTSE 100 pushed to another 16-month high on Wednesday

FTSE hits new 16-month high as markets eye Fed for signals

Oxford Circus scheme

Work to pedestrianise Oxford Circus to begin this summer

A woman using a laptop

Banks must improve scam compensation procedures urgently, says watchdog

Amazon

Social networks need to do more to stop fake reviews, Amazon says

Bank of England

New expert group needed to scrutinise Bank of England, says ex-watchdog boss

Asda sign

Competition watchdog approves new Asda owners’ petrol station sale

House prices

Average UK house price fell by £5,000 month-on-month in April

Brandon Lewis

‘Urgent solution’ needed over ‘sausage war’ trade dispute, Lewis tells MPs

New PwC jobs in Belfast

PwC Operate bringing nearly 800 new jobs to Belfast

TGI Fridays

Parent company set to demerge TGI Fridays before end of 2021

Pallbearers carrying a coffin at a funeral

Funeral and crematorium directors ordered to make prices clear for customers

Fuel pumps

Inflation soars past Bank of England target to 2.1% in May

An HM Treasury sign

Treasury ‘set to extend ban on commercial evictions’

A man withdrawing money from an ATM (Aaron Chown/PA)

More than a quarter of payments in 2020 were contactless as cash use plunged

An ScS store

ScS hikes outlook for this year and next as orders surge