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Network Rail workers are to stage fresh strikes in the bitter row over pay, jobs and conditions, threatening fresh disruption to services.

HSBC has suffered a fresh blow to its green credentials after the UK advertising watchdog banned a series of misleading adverts and said any future campaigns must disclose the bank’s contribution to the climate crisis.

Meerkats beware: Amazon is trying to hunt you down. The online retailer is entering the home insurance price comparison market, hoping to succeed where Google failed.

Inflation rose higher than expected to 10.1 per cent in September from 9.9 per cent in August, adding pressure to the Bank of England to continue raising interest rates to bring down prices.

A sharp rise in the number of Airbnb listings in coastal areas of England and Wales has prompted fears that some seaside areas will become “theme parks for the wealthy”.

Greggs, the bakery chain, has won a landmark ruling in its legal battle over a £150 million pound insurance claim triggered by the coronavirus crisis.

Eve Sleep has been bought by Bensons for Beds after it collapsed into administration under an “economic tsunami” that has seen its share price plunge by more than 80 per cent this year.

Companies selling consumer goods face downgrades if political and market volatility continues, the ratings agency S&P has warned.

Company directors could be jailed for not taking appropriate measures to prevent fraud at their organisations under proposals expected to be set out this week.

Families are facing average energy bills of up to £5,000 from April after Liz Truss was forced to rip up her government’s entire economic strategy and issue a public apology to the nation.

Hunt reverses ‘almost all’ of mini-budget tax cuts, raising an extra £32bn per year

Ministers are pressing ahead with a dual crackdown on climate protests and strike action, a controversial move that followed a day of direct action in London including clashes with the public and milk poured on the floor of Harrods.

Almost 1m British households have given up on the streaming revolution so far this year, as the cost of living crisis forces increasingly budget-conscious consumers to stop taking services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+.

Waitrose is to restore the free coffee offer it controversially removed from its loyalty card members, in an attempt to halt the supermarket’s waning fortunes as customers tighten their belts.

The mattress company Eve Sleep has called in administrators after succumbing to what its chief executive described as an “economic tsunami”.