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Tesco lifts profit forecast and predicts a low-alcohol Christmas
Tesco has raised its profit outlook as it expects households to splash out this Christmas – despite buying less alcohol – as they shrug off “uncertainty” over the Iran war.
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UK motorists can now see live fuel prices on Google Maps
Move expected to make pump pricing more transparent and encourage competition after diesel hits record £2 a litre
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Wrexham and Rochdale train services rejected over west coast line pressure
Regulator also vetoes extra Blackpool service, saying insufficient space for new direct trains to LondonBusiness live – latest updatesPlans to run direct train services to Wrexham and Rochdale from London have been reje…
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Piero Cipollone: Interview with Corriere della Sera
Not at all. Perhaps some people initially feared that the aim of the digital euro was to replace cash. But that is not the case. The ECB’s work to develop and ultimately introduce a new series of euro banknotes with dif…
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Bank of England announces the four animals that will feature on our next series of banknotes
The Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog will represent UK wildlife and feature as the central images on our next series of banknotes.
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Hedgehog among four chosen animals to feature on your new banknotes
Banknotes are getting a nature makeover - and the Bank of England has revealed the four creatures that will feature on our money.
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'Stop throwing shade' - the woman trying to stop firms leaving the UK
The UK needs to do more back its own companies at a time when a growing number are choosing to list their shares in the US rather than at home, the boss of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has told the BBC.
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Fed minutes show most policymakers see another rate hike by year end
The minutes back a hawkish read of the Fed path, keeping a further hike at the 27-28 October meeting or in December firmly in play and supporting front-end Treasury yields. The explicit link between prolonged high energ…
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Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan
Party hopes to win over affluent middle-class voters as leader rejects calls to ‘unite the right’ in conference speech
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Canada’s Weston family buys Boots for $8.9bn
Former Selfridges owners buy UK high street institution from long-term backer Stefano Pessina
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Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries
Royal Mail is to cut up to 2,500 jobs as the embattled company seeks to restructure its business amid intense competition and the continuing decline in letter deliveries.
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Minutes of the London FXJSC Legal Sub Committee Meeting – 16 June 2026
Time: 2pm – 3.30pm | Location: Bank of England, Threadneedle St, London, EC2R 8AH
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Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia
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The Jaguar Type 01: a £150k gargantuan getaway vehicle utterly useless in the city
Too costly for most, too large for UK car parks, and wheels bigger than a warlord’s pickup truck. But it does come in ‘London red’
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Minutes of the London FXJSC Operations Sub-Committee Meeting – 16 June 2026
James Kaye (Chair, HSBC) welcomed new Committee members: Adam Jukes (Deutsche Bank) replacing Nimit Jobanputra, and Jonathan Morris (Goldman Sachs) replacing Anna Chadderton.
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IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar
The head of the International Monetary Fund has called on governments across big economies to tighten their belts as soaring bond yields hit budgets.
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Minutes of the London FXJSC Main Committee Meeting – 24 June 2026
Andrea Rosen (Chair, Bank of England) welcomed Sylvain Duquenoy (RBC Capital Markets) and Myles McGuiness (Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB)) as new members of the Committee. Ms Rosen noted that going forward Mr …
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Regulatory thresholds set to shift to automatic increases
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) proposes that 128 thresholds across banking, insurance and credit unions increase automatically with nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) going forward.
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Apparent exodus of super-rich suggests UK is no longer billionaires’ playground
If recent complaints are believed, London and the UK are no longer welcoming for ultra-high net worth individuals
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Results of the September 2026 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives markets (SESFOD)
The September 2026 SESFOD survey covered a period of uncertainty linked to the conflict in the Middle East and volatile energy prices. The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its key interest rates by 25 basis points in …
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O2 signs record £200m deal to keep London venue’s naming rights
Exclusive: 10-year sponsorship extension at a 50% premium on last agreement crowns bonanza year for live venue
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UK house prices flatline as rising mortgage costs weigh on market
UK house prices flatlined in September, according to a leading index, as rising mortgage costs started to weigh on the market.
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Poland’s ‘solidarity’ push for EU energy resilience in face of Russian aggression
In the second article in a series on the Polish economy, we look at how the country is forging closer ties with its neighbours
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Jaguar targets young Americans with Type 01 EV – but it’s too long for UK parking spaces
Latest model is launching in New York to target rich US buyers – and is more than 5.2 metres long and 2 metres wide