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Train drivers to stage three fresh strikes – including on FA Cup final day

Carlsberg

Carlsberg hikes prices after significant jump in costs

Hotel Chocolat

Hotel Chocolat says profit to be lower than expectations after weak Easter

Barclays financials

Barclays profit surges ahead of expectations on interest rate boost

The Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

Cancer treatments offset tumbling Covid drug sales at AstraZeneca

Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s sees profits fall after holding back price hikes for shoppers

Ice creams

Unilever cashes in on price hikes as sales volumes stall

A row of socket wrench heads

Insurer sees ‘worrying’ increase in lack of car maintenance as living costs rise

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New CBI boss says she must ‘lean into’ her presence at time of harassment claims

UK government borrowing

‘Covid hangover’ for Scottish firms as corporate insolvencies rise

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UK watchdog blocks Microsoft’s £55bn takeover of Call Of Duty firm Activision

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73% surge in current account switching numbers in first three months of 2023

A chest of drawers advertised on Etsy. (Which?/PA)

Some Etsy sellers ‘ripping off’ customers over ‘handmade’ products, Which? says

Marks & Spencer Christmas trading

M&S boss says ‘London on life support’ amid investment plan

A UK payslip showing statutory details for taxable pay, tax paid and NI (National Insurance) contributions by the employer and employee. Wages, pay

Three-quarters of recent pay deals higher than a year ago, study suggests

Stock prices fall

US and Canadian pensioners benefit more from UK firms than British counterparts

GSK testing

Pharma firms drop as FTSE 100 declines again

A woman holding a rose at a funeral

Funeral company Dignity was making ‘egregious’ margins, says bidder