UK

City round-up

M&S recovers + Weir, Wetherspoon, Barratt Redrow

M&S (company website)

Draft deal

UK-EU agreement scraps red tape on food exports

Shellfish protest

City briefs

Ryanair considers pay freeze + Edinburgh trust hires

Ryanair

Week Ahead

M&S packs a punch as Christmas campaign begins

Lucy Punch

MPC meets

Case for rate rise growing as inflation takes hold

Shell petrol and diesel price (DBMS)

Energy shift

New policy may curtail Scottish offshore wind farms

Offshore wind farm (supplied by Neil Davidson PR)

Retail battle

Ashley in talks to lure brands back to Harvey Nichols

Harvey Nichols

New 'policy sprint'

Swinney backs off indy vote to gain more powers

Andy Burnham and Swinney at NEC 30 Oct 26 (Scot gov)

Energy surge

BP posts record profit and cuts heavy debt burden

BP filling station (Pic: DBMS)

Shrares slide

NatWest (RBS) profits edge higher as impairments rise

RBS purple exterior