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Johan Lundgren

EasyJet boss to stand down in 2025

Watch Register figures

Watches of Switzerland says UK sales continue to be hit by tourist tax

Industrial strike

Company profits have increased since before the pandemic – Unite

A train in Ashford, Kent

Teenagers to be recruited to drive trains

BT sign

BT Group targets £3bn more cost cuts by 2029 amid renewed UK focus

Premier Foods

Mr Kipling owner Premier Foods’ profits soar despite price cuts

New houses being constructed

Vistry shrugs off property market malaise with upped outlook for home builds

Sunset over Lake Windermere, Ambleside

United Utilities posts earnings leap amid fallout from sewage spill

A piggy bank

More than three-quarters of people ‘dipping into pensions before retirement’

The Bank of England in the City of London

Significant UK inflation was ‘unavoidable’, says Ben Bernanke

Energy prices

WI says energy bills and debt ‘fuelling women’s mental health crisis’

Healthy packed lunches cost 45% more on average, according to The Food Foundation (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Healthy packed lunches 45% more expensive on average, charity research suggests

A woman with a laptop

Recommendations to help economic abuse survivors regain financial independence

Angela Madden

Ministers urged to act quickly on state pension communication compensation plans

Scotrail

Strikes called off after ScotRail dispute with guards resolved

A doctor on strike

Junior doctors and Government enter ‘mediated talks’ in bid to end pay dispute

Junior doctors on strike

Junior doctors enter talks with Government in bid to end pay dispute

Industrial strikes

Council workers could strike as union says sides are ‘miles’ apart in pay talks