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Average UK house price surged by £20,000 in the year to February

Sir James Dyson

Johnson told Dyson he would ‘fix’ tax issue for overseas staff working in UK

Coronavirus – Mon March 8, 2021

Hopeful travellers charge up private jet cards ahead of restrictions lifting

Lockdown restrictions

Clothing and fuel price hikes put inflation back on the rise

Cans of Heineken

Heineken sees UK sales tumble during lockdown

A pint being poured at a pub

Pubs performing above expectation since reopening, says Shepherd Neame boss

Fitness chain PureGym

PureGym upbeat after reopening despite ‘awful’ losses

Carillion collapsed in 2018 despite getting a clean bill of health just months earlier

Expand role of auditors to close expectation gap, think tank says

Just Your Outfit

Clothing firm ads banned over ‘faux fur’ claims

Easy-to-guess universal default passwords could also be banned under cyber security laws proposed by Government

New law could force tech firms to say how long smartphones will receive updates

A high street

UK households ‘have suffered bigger income hits than those in France or Germany’

Television viewing apps stock

Netflix misses target for growth in global subscriptions

Google headquarters in Mountain View, California

Daily Mail owner files lawsuit against Google in US

Argos

Argos to close Somerset distribution site ‘with 230 jobs at risk’

Cigarettes

FTSE wipes out last week’s gains on weak tobacco

money

Cashback in shops ‘must be part of wider strategy to help those relying on cash’

Next store

Next boss sees pay balloon to £3.4m despite pandemic woes

Cash

Bank transfer scam code is to be strengthened