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A house-shaped money box

Biggest inflation shock in decades has turned UK into nation of savers – report

Faded signage on a bank

Number of bank branch closures passes 6,000 ‘milestone’ – Which?

Royal Mail

Badenoch says proposed sale of Royal Mail to foreign owner must protect service

Budget 2024

Hunt to take on Labour over tax in sign of election battles to come

Stocks

FTSE edges lower despite surge in BT shares

GP surgery

GPs in England to be balloted over ‘collective action’

Sage sign

Sage boss said firm has no plans to ditch UK listing amid London market exodus

Taoiseach Simon Harris speaks with Diageo chief executive officer Debra Crew

Guinness going ‘green’ with 100 million-euro decarbonisation plan

Summer weather Aug 10th 2022

Thames Water non-executive director quits board of troubled utilities firm

SEC Armadillo in Glasgow

Lloyds Bank AGM disrupted by pro-Palestinian and climate protesters

Johan Lundgren

EasyJet boss to stand down in 2025

Watch Register figures

Watches of Switzerland says UK sales continue to be hit by tourist tax

Industrial strike

Company profits have increased since before the pandemic – Unite

A train in Ashford, Kent

Teenagers to be recruited to drive trains

BT sign

BT Group targets £3bn more cost cuts by 2029 amid renewed UK focus

Premier Foods

Mr Kipling owner Premier Foods’ profits soar despite price cuts

New houses being constructed

Vistry shrugs off property market malaise with upped outlook for home builds

Sunset over Lake Windermere, Ambleside

United Utilities posts earnings leap amid fallout from sewage spill