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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

Pearson

Pearson to overhaul strategy after pandemic hits sales

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Deliveroo reveals £224m loss as it nears London stock market float

Island Poke

Island Poke plots new restaurant openings after investment deal

Models of a man and a women on coins and banknotes

Women ‘face working nearly 40 years longer than men to reach pensions parity’

Jane Austen on the reverse of a £10 note

Calls for more women to appear on banknotes

China Congress

Chinese exports surge as global demand recovers from virus

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaking during a news conference

Yellen says Congress needs to ‘go big’ for relief package

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Tesco responds to shareholder demands for healthier food sales

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Nearly a quarter of women ‘have suffered income fall in past 12 months’

Crypto McAfee Charges

Antivirus software creator John McAfee charged with cheating investors

Airbus

EU and US agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute

A person jogs along the riverside path past the City of London skyline

FTSE 100 drops to loss despite bounce from strong US labour figures

Pre-paid funeral plans

Dignity set to reveal drop in revenue and profits despite rise in deaths

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Contactless payment increase ‘could see rise in crime’

A bricklayer

Waiters, bricklayers and air cabin crew ‘worst hit by pay cuts’ during pandemic

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Companies appeal against plans to slash household energy bills