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JD Sports

JD Sports half-year profits slide as store footfall remains ‘weak’

A Royal Mail employee empties a post box

Royal Mail delivers 1.1bn fewer letters in lockdown

BP's North Sea headquarters in Aberdeen

BP and Aberdeen City Council sign deal to cut climate emissions

Coronavirus – Fri Jul 24, 2020

Retail sales jump in August as online boom offsets struggling high streets

A barman in PPE place a pint on the bar

Pubs face battle for survival with thousands of jobs at risk, survey suggests

Cash deposits

Signs of return to cash use following lockdown dip, says Post Office

Amazon creates driverless team in Cambridge

Amazon starts work with driverless delivery team in UK

Public Accounts Committee

Up to £3.5 billion of furlough cash stolen or paid out in error, HMRC boss says

Money stock

Markets surge as no deal worries dent sterling

Pension transfers

Pension providers need more powers to stop risky transfers – report

Weddings have been allowed to take place again after lockdown measures forced delays

Wedding firm offers refund after watchdog steps in

Tesco and Booker merger

Charles Wilson to step down as boss of Tesco’s Booker wholesale business

John Boumphrey

Amazon appoints John Boumphrey as new UK boss

Pizza Express restaurant closures

Pizza Express: Full list of 73 restaurants set to close

Flights between London City and Belfast City airports resume on Monday for the first time since airline Flybe collapsed in March (Nick Ansell/PA)

Flights resume between London City and Belfast City

A donor puts 50p in a charity box

Legacy giving in wills has surged, says legal services provider

A Pizza Express restaurant

Pizza Express plan to shut 73 restaurants given green light

First-time buyers

More than 1,000 low-deposit mortgage deals have vanished in past six months