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Retailer Geek Retreat hails record sales amid tough high street conditions
Games and entertainment retailer Geek Retreat has hailed record sales over the first nine months of 2022 despite challen...
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Nurses, ambulance staff and hospital cleaners balloted on strike action
More than 400,000 health workers are to be balloted for strikes, threatening a massive escalation of industrial unrest a...
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UK economy to enter recession until summer 2023, financial experts warn
Britain’s economy is expected to shrink around 0.2% each quarter from October through to June next year, economists ha...
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Average price tag on a home hits new high in October despite mortgage rates jump
The average price tag on a home hit a new record high of £371,158 in October, but there are signs that some house hunte...
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Consumer champions and finance bodies press for action on online fraud
They have called for Liz Truss to take quick and effective action...
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Royal Mail to axe around 6,000 jobs amid fresh strikes
The company suffered a £219 million operating loss over the first half of its financial year...
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TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady is to be appointed to the House of Lords
She will take up the role when she retires from the TUC at the end of this year...
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Bank of England insists bond-buying plan will end this week amid gilts sell-off
The Bank of England has insisted its emergency bond-buying scheme following the Chancellor’s mini-budget will come to ...
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Hopes of a ‘slight change’ in talks to end rail dispute
A rail industry official has expressed hopes of a “slight change” in negotiations aimed at resolving the long-runnin...