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Rolls-Royce said it will also remove 'duplication' and deliver cost efficiencies through the latest stage in its transformation plan

Wages are now rising faster than prices for the first time since October 2021, according to official figures

Mike Ashley's retail vehicle, which owns Sports Direct and House of Fraser, told shareholders on Tuesday it has entered a "binding agreement" to buy the business from Signa Retail Department Store Holding

Housebuilder Bellway has warned it will build nearly a third fewer homes over the year ahead amid slumping demand and falling house prices

Christian Lindner, German finance minister, has said that the UK has a 'standing invitation' on any future talks on reducing trade barriers or 'obstacles in daily business life'

Unison members have voted to reject a pay offer from Cosla for school support staff in Scotland, with further strikes to take place

Workers at Chivas Brothers, represented by GMB Scotland, have overwhelmingly backed industrial action in consultative ballots and a formal vote is scheduled to take place

Nationwide Building Society and Skipton Building Society topped the results, both receiving overall scores of 78% - just pipping Yorkshire Building Society, which scored 75%

The fund was launched by Sir Elton John and Nile Rodgers in 2018 and owns the rights to back catalogues by artists including Justin Bieber and Shakira

The move could push an additional 400,000 UK children into absolute poverty

The Government has launched a public information campaign to help households in England save money on their energy bills and prepare for winter

More than nine million households have no energy credit going into winter when they should ideally have built up a balance to cover the higher costs of heating over the colder months, a poll for comparison site Uswitch found

Whitbread, which owns Premier Inn, as well as food brands including Beefeater and Bar + Block, will report its half-year results on Wednesday

Boohoo has suffered hefty share price falls - down 43% over the past six months - as sales have suffered amid the cost-of-living crisis and a turnaround plan

Sheffield-based Tuffnells hired administrators from Interpath Advisory after it saw intensified pressure on its cash flow and failed in efforts to secure emergency funding

Around 39% of adults who are going on holiday in 2023 are planning a getaway in the last three months of the year, according to a survey.

Rightmove has said that the average asking price for a newly-advertised property in October was the weakest since the 2008 financial downturn

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage said that he had been 'refused banking facilities' by 10 other banks before finding a new home with Lloyds

The UK's financial watchdog has fined Equifax £11 million for its role in one of the largest cyber attacks, which affected more than 13 million British consumers

Burger King has revealed plans to open more than 60 new restaurants across the country over the next two years as it revealed higher sales, but a slump in profits, for the past year

The Chancellor said it is a "very challenging environment" in the short term, but stressed he has "a great deal of confidence" in the longer-term outlook for the British economy

The owner of a gas power plant which submitted prices that were too high when it was asked to help manage the UK's power supply has been fined by the energy regulator

The Governor of the Bank of England has said he is the only person in the IMF who can point to things being better now, amid the Bank's rate decision last month

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the Xbox owner could go ahead with the takeover after agreeing to buy Activision without cloud gaming rights

Loungers, which runs hundreds of café bar and restaurant sites around the UK, said that its growth has accelerated in recent weeks