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Sainsbury's is launching a compostable teabag

Sainsbury’s to launch compostable own-brand teabags

Google

Watchdog investigates proposed Chrome changes over ‘Google walled garden’ fears

Newspapers

Online sales rise lifts profits at Daily Mirror newspaper giant Reach

An M&S worker adjusts a Christmas window display

M&S hit by Covid-19 restrictions and EU paperwork

Barratt sign

Barratt to bring back dividends next month as it ups guidance

Dollar notes

France calls for global agreement as US freezes tariffs over tech tax

Pets at Home

Pets at Home raises targets again as pet ownership boom continues

Street of terraced houses

Average UK house price ended 2020 at record high of £253,374, says Halifax

A Marston's sign

Marston’s chief calls for rates extension and VAT cut to save pubs

Asos

Asos to employ 2,000 people at £90m warehouse in Staffordshire

A woman walks through an empty Glasgow city centre

Retail footfall in Scotland down by over half in December, industry body says

Shoppers

High street woes continue as restrictions drag footfall lower

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Property website records its busiest-ever start to the year

National Express financials

National Express to suspend all coach services

Electoral College Protests

FTSE rises for fourth straight day after shrugging off Washington worries

Coronavirus

Debenhams shuts Irish website as UK retailers face EU tariff charges

B&M bosses made another big payout to themselves as sales soared

B&M founder pays out another £30m dividend as Christmas sales soar

A person using a mobile phone

Covid jab scams emerging as significant fraud threat, bank warns