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A London receptionist sparked a row last year over workplace discrimination when she was sent home without pay after refusing to wear high heels.

Santander has warned of a challenging year ahead in the UK after its profits in 2016 dived following the EU referendum.

Yahoo revealed its $4.8bn deal to offload its main web business to Verizon Communications has been delayed, just hours after it emerged the company is under investigation for the two record data breaches that have cast a shadow over the sale.

Law enforcement agencies will come under increasing strain as they investigate complex ‘super cases’, warns KPMG.

easyJet’s shares slumped more than seven per cent in early trading on Tuesday.

Shares in BT have plunged 15 per cent after it was forced to write down the value of its Italian business by £530m because of years of “inappropriate behaviour”.

Influential economists predict slump in sterling will prompt a “significant readjustment” of the UK economy away from consumer spending towards exports.

Channel 4’s Dispatches reveals River Island, New Look, Boohoo and Missguided used factories paying workers between £3 and £3.50 an hour.

The capital’s airports have warned of travel disruption today caused by that pesky freezing fog.

Prime Minister Theresa May is to unveil a new, more interventionist, industrial strategy on Monday, designed to boost the post-Brexit UK economy.

If you’re going to launch a new business, calling in a friend to help is no bad idea. It’s even better if your pal is Dragons’ Den supremo Peter Jones — as Holly Willoughby has discovered.

China’s economy grew by 6.7 per cent in 2016, compared with 6.9 per cent a year earlier, according to official data, marking its slowest growth since 1990.

Royal Mail has blamed “business uncertainty” and a reduction in junk mail for a sharp drop in letter deliveries in the run-up to Christmas.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has called for the UK and the European Union to maximise trade access to avoid economic harm.

FTSE 100 down slightly, with shares across the rest of Europe marginally lower too.