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The Range, the value retail chain, has struck a deal to buy the Wilko brand from its collapsed rival’s administrators.

Four people have been charged in connection with the collapse of Patisserie Valerie – a bakery chain that once had almost 200 stores.

The UK government has handed £1bn out to small firms via its start up loans scheme. The programme, created to help entrepreneurs start and scale up their business has now provided the funding to over 100,000 businesses across the country.

The UK economy contracted much faster than expected in July, weakened by industrial action, wet weather and higher borrowing costs, official figures showed.

The chief executive of BP has resigned less than four years into his tenure after admitting that he failed to fully detail relationships with colleagues.

The state pension is likely to rise by 8.5% in April after data crucial to the so-called triple lock was published.

A pint of beer during the busiest periods will cost drinkers 20p more under a “dynamic pricing” system introduced by Britain’s largest pub group.

Thousands of high-value manufacturing jobs are at risk because Britain’s largest train assembly plant is due to run out of work by the end of the year after delays in the contract to build high-speed rolling stock for HS2.

Workers’ wages outstripped the pace of inflation for the first time in over a year in July, helping ease the strain on households who have suffered from an erosion in their real pay.

Electric car subscription company Onto has entered administration just over a year after securing nearly £150m in funding.

Luxury retailers are choosing China over London as the “tourist tax” stifles a post-pandemic shopping resurgence, the head of a payments processing company has warned.

Jeremy Hunt has hinted that tax cuts are unlikely to be on offer before the next general election after warning that inflation had proved “stickier than was forecast”.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says it is reporting the UK government to the United Nations watchdog on workers’ rights over a new strikes law.

The Wilko name will disappear from UK High Streets as a rescue deal for the chain fell through.