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Currys sales drop

Currys lifts profit expectations amid return to sales growth

Farm to Fork summit

UK must reduce reliance on overseas fruit and veg, PM to tell summit

Summer weather June 30th 2018

FTSE 100 closes lower amid pause in London trading rally

A woman using a mobile phone

£51m announced in additional funding to help HMRC answer more calls

Anglo American site

Anglo American rejects second takeover offer from BHP worth £34bn

Dounreay energy plant

Power station workers to walk out after rejecting ‘real terms pay cut’

Pizza Pilgrims

Pizza Pilgrims to expand to Scotland and Wales after record profits

A house being built

Wet weather and economic challenges ‘dampened house building in early 2024’

A sign for NatWest bank

Treasury sells more of its NatWest stake ahead of planned summer share sale

A Post Office

Record £3.48bn in withdrawals and deposits at Post Office branches in April

Nadhim Zahawi tax settlement

Nadhim Zahawi appointed chairman of Barclay family-owned Very Group

Money stock

Link between productivity and wage growth temporarily severed – think tank

John Swinney

All economic interventions should be to support growth, says Swinney

Money

Mission Group rebuffs £27m bid approach from Brave Bison

Coastguard

Coastguards win worker status after ‘historic’ legal battle

Passengers at Heathrow

Heathrow accuses Government of ‘curtailing UK’s global connectivity’

Models of houses on coins

‘Shocking’ number of ultra-long mortgages due to run past state pension age

Student accommodation shortage

Unite Students sells £184m of university accommodation