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HSBC UK branch

HSBC UK is planning to open branches for longer from next month

Shopping queue

Retail sales soar as shoppers welcomed back to stores

A view of the City of London surrounded by haze

Rich List: Billionaires get wealthier during pandemic as fortunes jump 21%

Consumer confidence

Consumer confidence rebounds to pre-lockdown levels – survey

An electric car charging point

Quarter of households plan to buy electric or hybrid car in next five years

Games Workshop store

Games Workshop hands £12m to staff after bumper year

London stock

European markets return to gains amid cryptocurrency revival

A train departures board

Sweeping reforms to overhaul Britain’s ‘complicated’ rail system

Pub customers toast return

First-day sales up 25% for returning pubs, bars and restaurants

American Express

American Express fined £90k for sending customers unwanted marketing emails

Passengers at London Waterloo station

Will rail reforms make my train on time and my ticket cheaper?

Carlos Ghosn

Dutch court orders former Nissan boss Ghosn to repay salary

The Eat Out to Help Out scheme took place throughout August last year

Chancellor ‘proud’ of Eat Out to Help Out scheme

The TikTok app logo

Founder of TikTok’s Chinese owner stepping down as CEO

Young's

Pub group Young’s expects trading to be ‘back to normal’ by end of June

The fiver presented to Harold Macmillan

Rare £5 note which belonged to Harold Macmillan to go under the hammer

Royal Mail vans

Royal Mail enjoys four-fold profit boost from Covid

B&Q owner Kingfisher has hiked its half-year profit outlook after seeing soaring sales as the DIY boom shows no sign of slowing (Paul Faith/PA)

B&Q owner upgrades profit outlook as it rides DIY boom