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UK GDP expected to contract by 15% in Q2 2020

The UK economy is about to enter the deepest recession since the financial crisis, including the steepest quarter-on-quarter decline in…

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BT’s boss catches it, markets rebounding, pain medication prices spike

Today I am going to rattle through a wider selection of stories than normal because the spread of the virus…

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Bank of England cuts interest rates to help combat coronavirus impact

The Bank of England has cut UK interest rates back down to the lowest level in history to help mitigate…

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Boohoo more valuable than M&S – a sea-change encapsulated

From a purely journalistic standpoint it is now a de facto cliché to refer to Marks and Spencer as the “high street…

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Javid mulls three-year passenger duty holiday for Flybe

Things are not looking rosy for low-cost airline, Flybe, but the chancellor Sajid Javid may have some proposals that save…

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Who would have thought skinny jeans could be anyone’s undoing?

It’s not often that the business pages give you a good belly laugh. But today we have the spectacle of Marks…

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Bank of England puts hold on interest rates due to Brexit uncertainty

The Bank of England has placed interest rates on hold following growing uncertainty around Brexit. A vote to leave rates…

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Wetherspoon warns of costs increase as it reports uplift in sales

Pub group JD Wetherspoon has reported a 5.2% like-for-like sales increase for the 10 weeks to 8 July 2018, but…

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