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he chief executive of Sainsbury’s said he was “more confident than ever” in the supermarket’s £1.4bn takeover of Argos despite falling profits and rising concerns that the deal has made the grocer more vulnerable to a lower sterling.

Royal Bank of Scotland is to compensate up to 12,000 small business customers that it allegedly mistreated in the wake of the financial crisis.

FTSE 100 sees £37bn plunge as Trump win sparks market turmoil

UK retail sales were up 1.7 per cent from last October, boosted by strong online sales of 11 per recent in the last three months.

The granite city has dropped from 5th to 10th in the 2016 Good Growth for Cities index.

Royal Bank of Scotland is to set aside £400m to compensate some of the small business owners who allegedly suffered at the hands of its controversial restructuring unit, despite being largely cleared of wrongdoing by the financial industry watchdog.

Marks and Spencer has announced that over the next five years it will have 60 fewer clothing and home stores, of which 30 will close down.

HSBC’s third-quarter profits have fallen sharply after it booked a loss from the sale of its Brazilian unit.

Tesco Bank has been forced to block some customers’ cards after thousands appeared to have been targetted by hackers.

Policy Exchange says policies boost growth in dirty diesel, arguing a smarter power grid could cut costs and curb emissions

Manufacturers are reining in their investment plans because of Brexit and are unwilling to take on loans to fund new equipment, instead preferring to build up their cash reserves.

Sir Philip Green and pension regulators could reach a deal over the BHS scheme within weeks, the BBC understands.

Charges can be £100 per month – more than many credit cards and pay-day loans

Lawyers for two former drivers last week won tribunal ruling that they were entitled to minimum wage and sick pay

The Bank of England has almost doubled its economic growth forecast for 2017 and scrapped its planned interest rate cut, in a dramatic U-turn on its earlier warnings that the economy would suffer a severe post-referendum crunch.