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Water bills to rise by 6%

Pennon’s £380m SES Water buyout likely to get green light, says watchdog

Job Centre

Jobless rate rises to highest for nearly a year, figures show

Energy tariffs

Ofgem proposes scrapping ban on cheaper energy tariffs for new customers early

Bank of England

Bank’s top economist says ‘not unreasonable’ to consider summer rate cut

Oliver Dowden

UK ministers visit Saudi Arabia to boost trade ties amid ‘lethal force’ reports

Cocktail bartender

No buyers step forward to buy troubled Revolution Bars Group

Greggs

Greggs cooks up sales rise after hitting shops milestone

Vodafone in advanced talks to sell Italian arm

Vodafone returns to growth after cost cuts, as Three merger talks continue

Currys sales drop

Currys lifts profit expectations amid return to sales growth

Farm to Fork summit

UK must reduce reliance on overseas fruit and veg, PM to tell summit

Summer weather June 30th 2018

FTSE 100 closes lower amid pause in London trading rally

A woman using a mobile phone

£51m announced in additional funding to help HMRC answer more calls

Anglo American site

Anglo American rejects second takeover offer from BHP worth £34bn

Dounreay energy plant

Power station workers to walk out after rejecting ‘real terms pay cut’

Pizza Pilgrims

Pizza Pilgrims to expand to Scotland and Wales after record profits

A house being built

Wet weather and economic challenges ‘dampened house building in early 2024’

A sign for NatWest bank

Treasury sells more of its NatWest stake ahead of planned summer share sale

A Post Office

Record £3.48bn in withdrawals and deposits at Post Office branches in April