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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

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

Continuing problems

CFOs expect another year of labour and supply shortages

PD Ports
Firms see supply disruption continuing Finance leaders do not expect any easing of labour shortages and supply disruptions until for at least a year, according to Deloitte’s latest UK CFORead More

Series of events

COP26 can ‘showcase’ Scotland’s green agenda

Adrian-Gillespie
Adrian Gillespie: ‘unique event programme’ COP26 will provide Scotland with a shop window to showcase innovative businesses and ideas to investors and customers around the world, says Scottish Enterprise. TheRead More

Trade talks

Frost presses EU to break Northern Ireland deadlock

Lord Frost
Lord Frost: wants further concessions Brexit minister Lord Frost will press the EU to accept further concessions in order to break the deadlock over trade with Northern Ireland. Talks resumeRead More

Daily Business Live

FTSE 100 regains lockdown losses | Pure Gym IPO doubts

Pure Gym
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: Shares lifted to pre-pandemic heights London stocks maintained the bright start to the session and hit a pandemic-era high following a strong performance by energy andRead More

Market report

Domino’s hires 8,000 | Daligas fails | Hays fee income rises

Domino's
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: FTSE 100 at near 19-month highs The blue chip FTSE 100 index closed higher despite rising energy prices and inflation fears. It jumped 66 points,Read More

Threat to recovery

Ministers told ‘stop adding to business costs’

Tim Allan
Tim Allan: ‘progress is under threat’ Businesses in Scotland have continued to benefit from the easing of Covid-19 restrictions but need government to “stop adding to costs”, says the ScottishRead More

Budget call

Pressure piles on Sunak to reform business rates

Rishi Sunak
Time to act: Rishi Sunak Trade associations from across the economy have piled more pressure on the Chancellor to reform the business rates system. They say the tax on businessRead 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