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Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Kid Creole ‘looks after his Coconuts’ with sale of rights to 80s hits

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Mike Ashley launches £60m shares spending spree despite Covid woes

Sir Martin Sorrell

Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital ups 2021 outlook

Boris Johnson and Narendra Modi

UK announces £1 billion of trade with India

The one-metre plus rule could be scrapped on June 21, Boris Johnson said (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Good chance ‘one-metre plus’ rule can be ditched on June 21, says Johnson

An illuminated Apple logo

Apple faces Epic Games in court over App Store

Social distancing rules are reportedly going to be scrapped for hospitality from June 21

Return to unrestricted trading next month is ‘critical’, says hospitality chief

Shorthand

Newsquest to invest £1.5 million in new local journalism jobs

Rates

Bank to hike growth forecasts amid vaccine-fuelled recovery

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Only 29% of areas in England and Wales ‘have average house price below £200,000’

Houses

Outlook for private rental sector ‘unusually uncertain’

Starbucks Partner

Starbucks creates 400 jobs across UK as demand rebounds

Moss Bros store

Moss Bros launches menswear subscription service

Women look at estate agent window

Top house price hotspots clustered in North West of England, says website

AstraZeneca vaccines

Pharma giants and weak pound lead FTSE 100 higher

Heathrow stock

Watchdog threatens Teletext Holidays with legal action over missing refunds

A woman looking stressed

Banks call for more collaboration outside industry to combat transfer scams

Money

Number of people going financially insolvent fell by 5% in early 2021