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Royal Mail crisis deepens: Losses to hit £745m as strikes take toll 

Royal Mail crisis deepens: Losses to hit £745m as months of industrial action take their toll By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:27 GMT, 16 Janua... read more

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos snaps up Swiss chemicals company for £615m 

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos snaps up Swiss chemicals company in £615m deal sparking fears of price hikes in the concrete industry By Daily Mail City & ... read more

Former Argos boss calls on firms to help disabled workers 

The ‘last unspoken bias’ in business: Former Argos boss calls on firms to help disabled workers By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 22:2... read more

Fortnum & Mason back in profit as shoppers flock to store

Fortnum & Mason back in profit after two years of Covid misery as shoppers flock to store By Archie Mitchell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:24 GMT, 16 Jan... read more

Big business backs Britain… but global recession now looms

Bosses back Britain: UK named the third most attractive place in the world to grow a business… but global recession now looms By John-paul For Rojas In Da... read more

Markets calm after Truss chaos, says Bank of England boss Bailey

Markets ‘restored to normal’ after Truss mini-Budget chaos, says Bank of England boss Bailey By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 G... read more

Lex Greensill ‘hurt’ by planning dispute over Cheshire eco farm

Lex Greensill has broken his silence over a bitter planning dispute that threatens his plan to establish a sustainable farm near his Cheshire home. As liquidato... read more

£56bn Activision takeover at risk amid competition concerns

Microsoft’s £56bn takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision at risk as regulators raise competition concerns By Leah Montebello For The Daily Mail Publis... read more

MARKET REPORT: Green hydrogen firm slumps on Blue Monday

Blue Monday struck the UK hydrogen industry as ITM Power issued its third profit warning in just eight months. The green energy firm was seen as a trailblazer w... read more

ALEX BRUMMER: The housing market is on the mend

ALEX BRUMMER: The housing market is on the mend… but reforming stamp duty would really rekindle the dream of a property-owning democracy By Alex Brummer f... read more

Tesla driver ploughs through a foot of floodwater to reach power charging point

Taking charge! Tesla driver ploughs through a foot of floodwater to reach power charging point – and tops up the electric vehicle while ankle-deep in liqu... read more

Will the FTSE 100 continue to outperform this year?

INVESTING SHOW: Why is the FTSE 100 closing in on a record high and will it continue to outperform this year? By This Is Money Published: 17:22 GMT, 16 January ... read more

Cost of a basic funeral dips below £4k, finds SunLife survey

Saying goodbye to loved ones: Price of a basic funeral  fell 2.5% to £3,953 last year A rule change forcing funeral directors to display price menus has helpe... read more

BUSINESS LIVE: Sainsbury’s Just East tie-up; M&S to open 20 new stores

BUSINESS CLOSE: FTSE 100 finishes just short of all-time closing high; Sainsbury’s reveals Just East deal; M&S to open 20 new stores By Live Commentar... read more

Isa allowance: Hunt urged to introduce £100,000 cap in next Budget

The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to dramatically cut what people can hold in tax-free individual savings accounts.  A report by think tank The Resol... read more

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Seeing Machines

On Monday, January 9, we watched in awe as the first-ever orbital rocket took off from British soil. European soil in general, actually. Cosmic Girl, a repurpos... read more

IQE shares drop as semiconductor maker warns of slowdown in demand

IQE shares plummet as Apple supplier and semiconductor wafer-maker warns of slowdown in demand from overstocked chipmakers IQE said it expects some destocking i... read more

Bank of Dave: Inspiration for Netflix film Dave Fishwick gives advice to entrepreneurs

Bank of Dave story starring Rory Kinnear released on Netflix TODAY: Read the business advice Dave has dished out to This is Money readers Self-made millionaire ... read more

Vinyl sales put HMV back on track with first profit in four years

Vinyl sales put music giant HMV back on track as company turns a profit for the first time in four years HMV has seen sales jump by two-thirds following the Cor... read more

Households who don’t pay energy bills by direct debit face £254 stealth hit

Households who don’t pay energy bills by direct debit hit with a ‘sinister’ new stealth tax as extra costs cap rockets to £254 a year The lat... read more

Drivers could face double the level of congestion on roads if self-driving cars grow in popularity

Drivers could face double the level of congestion on the roads if self-driving cars grow in popularity, report warns Delays may rise by up to 85 per cent from 2... read more

Pension split with my ex fell in value by £50k while scheme sorted it out

As part of my divorce settlement, I was granted a pension sharing order of my ex-husband’s pension. Due to the pension admin team working from home and ha... read more

My landlord is in breach of our tenancy agreement – can I leave?

I rented my flat through a letting agent in August 2022. After viewing I made a conditional offer, the conditions being that the living room be repainted, crack... read more

Business chiefs more trusted than politicians

Businesses open up ‘staggering’ lead over government in poll of who public sees as competent Findings show firms are seen as more ethical than their... read more