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Dealer grows

Online channel helps Peoples hit 38-year record

Brian Gilda
Brian Gilda: ‘we remained confident’ Car dealer Peoples has shrugged off the impact of lockdown to record the strongest financial performance in its 38-year history. An effective online sales channelRead More

Sustainable clothing

Streetwear brand aiming to disrupt fast fashion

Kleurstof Apparel
Kleurstof Apparel: disrupting fast fashion A sustainable fashion start-up founded by five university friends is seeking to disrupt the streetwear fashion market with a more sustainable alternative to fast fashion.Read More

Daily Business Live

Bellway lifts dividend | Moneysupermarket deal

Bellway
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: Pound restrains FTSE 100 The FTSE 100 index closed up 13.70 points, or 0.2%, at 7,217.53 despite a stronger pound. Entain closed 2.2% higher afterRead More

Green investment

PM plans £5,000 grants to install green heating

gas boiler
Millions of boilers will need to be replaced Boris Johnson is to offer £5,000 grants to switch British households from gas boilers to low-carbon heating systems over the next 15Read More

Market report

Stagecoach bid deadline set | THG founder cancels special share

Sir Brian Souter
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5.10pm: New energy suppliers Ofgem has appointed Shell Energy Retail to take on supplying Pure Planet Limited, Daligas and Colorado Energy’s combined total of approximately 252,000Read More

Investor blow

Hunter punt THG loses third of value as shares fall

Tom Hunter at Scottish Edge
Early investor: Sir Tom Hunter Shareholders in online retailer THG, whose early backers included Sir Tom Hunter, saw the value of their holdings plummet by more than a third afterRead More

Market report

Barratt on track | THG puzzled by slump | GDP slows

Castlewell Ellon Barratt
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: FTSE back in green The FTSE 100 recovered from a subdued start to close 11.59 points higher at 7,141.82 as traders digested the latest GDPRead More

Market report

ASOS CEO quits as market tightens | Heathrow traffic falls

ASOS
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: Markets price in interest rate rise At the close, the FTSE 100 index was 51.30 points, or 0.7% higher at 7,146.85, the day’s peak andRead More

Pricing scheme

Higher gas bills threat as ministers plan eco levy

gas, Ofgem, price caps
Gas bills will rise to remove price distortions Consumers are facing higher gas bills to fund low-carbon heating despite current alarm over soaring prices. The UK government will publish itsRead More

'Stark figures'

Footfall down by a fifth amid ‘tepid’ return of shoppers

Prince St retail shopping
Shopper numbers are well down on pre-pandemic levels Retailers are seeing only a ‘tepid’ return of shoppers with footfall in Scotland down by a fifth on pre-pandemic figures. Scotland isRead More