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Brexit’s pint-sized ‘benefits’ are a measure of its failure | William Keegan
Wine in imperial measures, we are told, is ‘what leaving was all about’, while the UK struggles outside the single market

William Keegan

07, Jan, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Dead letter office? Royal Mail wrestles with a difficult future
In private hands, the postal service has become a graveyard of management ambitions, beset by discontent and decline. Can yet another new boss save it?

Alex Lawson

07, Jan, 2024 @6:00 AM

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Key Post Office Horizon campaigner ‘Mr Bates’ calls for faster compensation
Victim of software scandal says TV drama has reignited issue as 50 new operators contact lawyers

Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

06, Jan, 2024 @11:40 PM

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‘Remarksable’: M&S set to be bright spark of festive retail season amid discount war
JD is licking its wounds as Asos, Boohoo and others take the axe to prices, but Sainsbury’s and Tesco may buck the trend

Sarah Butler

06, Jan, 2024 @3:00 PM

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‘Everyone cites Covid and Brexit’: number of UK businesses going bust rises 52% in two years
Interest rate rises, inflation and skills and labour shortages all contributed to sharp increase in company insolvencies in 2023

James Tapper

06, Jan, 2024 @11:15 AM

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Will weight loss drugs kill the fast food business?
Many firms see the dire forecasts as ‘overblown’ but they know they will have to adapt products to make ‘every bite counts’

Julia Kollewe, Sarah Butler and Mimi Ibrahim

06, Jan, 2024 @9:00 AM

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FDA approves program to allow Florida to import Canadian prescription drugs
State will be first to import drugs under federal program that Florida governor says could save consumers $150m in first year

Richard Luscombe in Miami

05, Jan, 2024 @4:43 PM

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US adds 216,000 jobs in December as stronger than expected rise caps robust year
While growth has slowed, the labor force defied fears of a downturn amid highest inflation levels in a generation

Callum Jones

05, Jan, 2024 @3:11 PM

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US economy adds more jobs than expected; eurozone inflation rises to 2.9% – as it happened
US unemployment rate remains at 3.7% against expectations of an uptick; however jobs increases in November and October are revised lower

Julia Kollewe

05, Jan, 2024 @3:02 PM

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Eurozone inflation rises to 2.9% after increase in energy costs
December data comes amid speculation over when European Central Bank will cut interest rates

Richard Partington Economics correspondent

05, Jan, 2024 @1:13 PM

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Tell us: will you be affected by the UK’s ‘side-hustle tax’?
We want to hear from sellers on sites like Ebay and Vinted or renters on Airbnb about new HMRC rules

Guardian community team

05, Jan, 2024 @12:51 PM

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Not that difficult to buy a home in UK, claims NatWest chair
Howard Davies criticised as being ‘out of touch’ with number of first-time buyers at lowest level in a decade

Mark Sweney

05, Jan, 2024 @12:10 PM

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