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The London Stock Exchange sign in the City of London (Kirsty O'Connor/PA)

FTSE slips despite weak sterling amid EU vaccine concerns

Air Passenger Duty

Treasury plans to hit holidaymakers with higher taxes for longest flights

HM Treasury

Treasury set to tighten holiday let rates rules and cut inheritance tax red tape

UK manufacturing

Manufacturers upbeat on outlook after order book improvement – CBI

Anti-HS2 protests and the coronavirus pandemic have contributed to the high-speed rail project facing new "cost pressures" of £800 million, the Government has announced (Jonathan Brady/PA)

HS2 protests contribute to £800m fresh ‘cost pressures’ – minister

Workers pick daffodils in a field

Fewer daffodil flowers to be harvested ‘due to lack of pickers’

Estate agents' signs

Home sales surged by nearly 50% in February as end of stamp duty holiday loomed

Technology

Regulator takes Norton to court in ‘unprecedented’ consumer protection case

A McColl's store in Blackburn

McColl’s losses narrow amid pandemic sales jump for convenience stores

A woman using her mobile phone

Thrills and gut instinct behind some people’s investment decisions – FCA

A man walks past a shop with 'Closing down' signs

UK jobless rate falls for first time since Covid-19 crisis hit

Building work at a Crest Nicholson site

Crest Nicholson eyes higher-than-expected profit amid stamp duty holiday

A 30-year rolling programme of rail electrification projects is vital for the industry to cut its carbon emissions, according to MPs (Danny Lawson/PA)

MPs call for rolling programme of rail electrification projects to cut carbon

A man with his head in his hands

Goldman Sachs boss praises junior bankers for raising ‘workplace abuse’

An H&T pawnbrokers shop

Pawnbroker H&T sees profits fall despite Covid-inspired economic slump

Trustpilot

Trustpilot kicks off £1.1 billion London IPO in style

A Cineworld cinema

Cineworld confirms plans for May reopening

A woman using a laptop

‘Whack-a-mole’ approach to stopping online scams is not working, says Which?