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Services sector returns to growth for first time in four months

Marston's pub

Marston’s confirms plans to reopen 700 English pubs with beer gardens next week

Japan Toshiba

Toshiba studies acquisition proposal from global fund

Ryanair flights

Ryanair says losses to be slightly less than first expected

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Shell expects 200m dollar hit from Texas storm that killed dozens

A girl counts the money in her piggy bank

Nearly eight in 10 parents ‘hope to develop better money habits’

Apps

New regulator aimed at curbing dominance of tech giants gets to work

A Peacocks store

Around 2,000 Peacocks jobs saved in rescue deal

LSEG financials

FTSE jumps to highest since January amid slump in sterling

A plane takes off

PM pledges to make tests for holidaymakers ‘as affordable as possible’

The Ever Given after it become wedged across the Suez Canal (Suez Cabal Authority/AP)

Suez Canal boss urges stricken vessel’s owner to settle out of court

Waves from the North Sea crash against the Tynemouth Lighthouse

Britain’s grid is ‘greenest ever’ as bank holiday sees wind and sunny spells

Spring People walk along the seafront in Brighton, East SussexApr 2nd 2021

Retail footfall rises ahead of high street reopenings amid warm weather

An easyJet plane

Government plan will only reopen foreign holidays ‘for people who can afford it’

Canary Wharf at night

Two Credit Suisse bosses leave in fallout from Greensill and Archegos collapses

John Lewis stores reopening on April 12.

Retailers announce April 12 reopening plans for bricks and mortar outlets

New cars

New car sales up 11.5% in March

HomeServe's London-listed shares fell after the news

HomeServe expects £10m profit hike amid US expansion