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Sanjeev Gupta

Liberty Steel owner has ‘adequate funding’ after lender brings in administrators

Mortgage lending

Value of new mortgage commitments reached highest level since 2007 in late 2020

WH Smith now makes two-thirds of its profits from travel stores (WH Smith / PA)

WH Smith and John Menzies hit by virus travel disruption

Olay and Dove lotion on display in a store

Dove owner Unilever drops word ‘normal’ from beauty products

A DFS shop sign

DFS expects fresh surge in demand when lockdown eases

ITV sign

ITV sees profits slump but cheers turnaround signs

Domino's Pizza store

Domino’s Pizza to expand drive-thru services after Covid

For sale signs

Average UK house price could be nearly £50,000 higher by end of 2025 – forecast

Children on swings

Childcare costs rising and families left struggling, says report

20% of parents have experienced financial difficulties during the pandemic, a report shows

More than a quarter of parents ‘expect their finances to get worse’

A woman looks at an online shopping website on a laptop (John Stillwell/PA)

Retail sales rebound in February as shoppers buy online

Rishi Sunak

‘Significant risks’ over lack of post-Covid spending plans – OBR warns

London Stock Exchange

FTSE 100 lags behind European peers despite strong performance

Liberty Steel

Worries over steel jobs as lender Greensill appoints administrators

Andrew Bailey took the job as the UK's top banker just before the pandemic crisis started (Tolga Akmen/PA)

Economic scars could be fewer than in past recessions – Bank of England chief

Cattle

Morrisons pledges to switch to net zero British meat, eggs and veg in a decade

Shoe Zone now has 430 stores across the UK

Boot fills Foot’s boots as Shoe Zone finance boss

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Aston Martin to build electric cars in UK from 2025