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Wetherspoon

Wetherspoon to invest £145 million in new pubs and upgrades

People on a Winchester high street

Households’ optimism about future finances improves

Iphone 6

Apple loses latest round of legal fight with Swatch over ‘one more thing’ phrase

FTSE loses ground

FTSE 100 breaks with European gains to post loss

The Ever Given was floated on Monday morning and started moving to the Great Bitter Lake later in the day

Clearing Suez Canal backlog likely to take until end of week

Someone holding a piggy bank

Third of households ‘saved for emergencies in first three months of 2021’

The Latitude festival is due to be staged again in July

UK festivals ‘face wave of cancellations without Government insurance backing’

Uber app

Uber takeover of UK-based taxi software maker cleared by watchdog

Plastic figures of people on coins

Households’ net consumer credit repayments at strongest annual rate since 1994

Ten Entertainment

Sales plummet at Ten Entertainment after lockdown shuts bowling alleys

Alex Chesterman

Used car seller Cazoo to float in £5bn New York listing

A Deliveroo rider

Deliveroo lowers London float price to bottom of target range

The company behind Ladbrokes said it wanted to acquire an Australian firm

Entain knocked back in bid for Australian Tabcorp

Lorries parked up

Exporters have temporarily halted sales to EU, says small business group

Lockdown restrictions

Campaigners call for ‘Shop Out to Help Out’ scheme

A woman using a mobile phone

Many people do not know how to spot investment scams, survey finds

The Uber app

Uber launches new option enabling passengers to request electric cars in London

Person wearing a face covering walks by a shop

Scottish economic recovery could outpace UK average, forecast suggests