BUSINESS LIVE: Nationwide profits jump 13%; UK retail sales fall

BUSINESS LIVE: Nationwide profits jump 13% on rate hikes; UK retail sales fall; Tesco to offer advances on pay

The FTSE 100 is up 0.2 per cent in early trading. Among UK companies with reports and updates are Nationwide, Tesco, DS Smith, Legal & General, Liontrust and Rio Tinto. Read the Friday 18 November Business Live blog below. 

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