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Moonpig has reported its largest ever week of sales in the UK thanks to consumers scrambling for Mother’s Day cards.
Friday 23 October 2026
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Moonpig has reported its largest ever week of sales in the UK thanks to consumers scrambling for Mother’s Day cards.
Increasing capital requirements on SME lending will stifle economic growth and depress the UK’s small business sector, business groups have warned.
A decision on whether to bring forward the date when the state pension age rises to 68 has been postponed until after the next general election,…
NatWest and Lloyds are to axe a further 81 bank branches as both announced fresh cuts to their high street networks.
Ocado Group has seen off claims from an international rival “goods retrieval” company that alleged the British online retailer and technology group had stolen several of…
Virgin Orbit will lay off 85 per cent of its workforce after the satellite launch business failed to find new funding in the face of a…
Business confidence has risen to its highest level in ten months as companies become increasingly optimistic about filling staff shortages, according to the latest Lloyds Bank…
A gas-fired power station and plants making low-carbon hydrogen will be among Britain’s first projects to capture their carbon emissions under plans unveiled by the government…
UK car production rose 13.1% in February, up to 69,707 units, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders…
Eamonn Holmes has lost an appeal over a tax ruling associated with his earnings as a presenter on This Morning.
Twitter has reversed course on plans to limit presence on its “for you” timeline to paying users only, with Elon Musk claiming he “forgot to mention”…
Mortgage approvals rose for the first time since August in a sign that the “worst is in the past”, Bank of England figures show.
The government will not reverse post-financial crisis banking regulation, Jeremy Hunt has said, amid growing concerns that Britain is loosening post-Brexit rules for the City.
The Treasury is almost £2 billion in profit on loans it made under the Help to Buy house purchase scheme, which formally comes to an end…
The European Union has watered down plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2035 in a move that campaigners believe will influence…