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First-class stamp price to be hiked to £1.65 by Royal Mail

Royal Mail has announced it will hike the price of first-class stamps by 30p due to "very real and urgent" financial challenges.The increase, which...

UK’s biggest solar farm given go-ahead in Government’s anti-Nimby drive

The Government has given the go-ahead for the UK’s biggest solar farm against strong local opposition.In what was billed as the biggest test so...

US dollar rebounds to the highs of the day as enthusiasm for 50 basis points fades | Forexlive

The market has taken a long look at the August non-farm payrolls and decided it's not weak enough to pricing in a 50 basis...

Richard Caring ‘close to £1bn sale of Ivy chain to private equity group’

Richard Caring and fellow shareholders are reportedly close to selling the Ivy chain of restaurants for £1bn to a little-known private equity group.The chain...

Every diesel driver must pay £260 from October under new rule

Owners of diesel-powered cars have been warned that their fuel bills could go up by more than £200 in the looming October Budget.The first...

Cottam solar farm project gets go-ahead from government

Getty ImagesDue to its size, the Cottam development is classified as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP).NSIPs are normally assigned to major projects including...

Stock market today: Stocks open higher after jobs report shows more cooling

US stocks opened higher on Friday as investors digested a crucial jobs report that provided clues to the size of this month's expected interest...

Mixed jobs report adds to US economy concerns

Job growth in the US was weaker than expected last month, raising concern that the world's largest economy is starting to stumble under the...

US economy adds 142,000 jobs in August as Fed plans to cut interest rates

US employers added 142,000 jobs last month, the labor department announced on Friday, in one of the year’s most closely watched economic news releases.The...

August jobs report: Unemployment rate falls to 4.2%, labor market adds 142,000 jobs

The US economy added fewer jobs than expected in August while the unemployment rate ticked lower.Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday...

ASOS is introducing a new fee for customers – check if you’re affected

ASOS is making a huge change to its returns policy, introducing a new fee for some customers.It will now start charging for returning items...

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