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Evening Standard - Business

FTSE 100 Live: Index retreats amid $110 oil, Wetherspoon shares slump

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Government borrowing sees surprise surge amid fears of squeeze from Iran war

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Wetherspoons warns that profits to be hit by rising costs

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Oil and gas prices ease back in calmer markets but volatility remains

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Unilever holds talks to merge food business with US rival McCormick

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How did Gail's bakery become a political hotbed?

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Interest rate cuts not on the horizon, Bank of England governor says

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Stocks close down as oil rises and gold retreats

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Gas prices soar as Shell plant damaged in attack on Qatar energy site

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How London is taking on Hollywood as the new home of film

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Households facing 'fresh blow to budgets' as inflation forecasts are hiked

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Steel strategy announced to preserve production in the UK

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BofE leaves interest rates on hold amid fresh inflation fears

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Bank holds UK interest rates at 3.75% and stands 'ready to act' over Iran war

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Wage growth tumbles to lowest level for more than five years – ONS

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Over a barrel: what does the energy crisis mean for UK households?

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BP heads back to central London as it picks Bankside for new global HQ

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FTSE 100 Live: Index slumps as energy prices surge, wage growth slows

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London jobless total surges to equivalent of population of Leicester

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BP hikes cost-cutting target again after striking deal to sell German refinery

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Minister insists UK steel tariff plans are 'not very Donald Trump'

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Gas prices surge more than 20% after Iran targets Qatar production

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The great central London office crisis

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Oil prices spike as attacks on Middle East energy sites stoke fears

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Banks have new flexibilities to set higher contactless card limits in future

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Interest rates set to be held steady as Iran war clouds inflation outlook

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FTSE 100 closes lower as Iran war sends price of oil rocketing

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Tory bid to scrap fuel duty increase defeated in the Commons

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Waspi campaigners say they are preparing for potential fresh legal challenge

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Biometric security at work isn't Big Brother - but it can feel like it

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Tesco to lift hourly pay for shop and warehouse workers by 5.1%

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£2.5m payment is reversed using Monzo's tool for 'oh no moments'

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Tories set to force vote on scrapping fuel duty increase

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Contactless card limit rule changes come into force from Thursday

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Shepherd Neame says London pubs thriving despite rise in beer prices

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Pub chain Greene King to sell 150 venues in major shake-up

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More households 'to have access to affordable loans with credit union shake-up'

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Increase in abuse and threats against retail workers, survey suggests

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British teatime favourite Marmite could soon be up for sale

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Reeves courts Spanish investors amid bid to boost ties with EU

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Stamp duty is a tax on personal freedom and needs to be abolished now.

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FTSE 100 Live: Index higher despite $100 oil, rates outlook in focus

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InPost reveals UK losses at end of 2025 in crucial festive postal season

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Fraudsters are winning the AI arms race. Here is how we fight back

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World's largest mining group names new chief executive

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Scottish shops to pay £54m more in business rates than English rivals

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Bank warns about 'cruel' friendship fraudsters targeting older people

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Diesel on 'crash course' to 170p a litre while petrol up 10p on pre-Iran war

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Reeves tells AI entrepreneurs to 'come to the UK' as she unveils new institute

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Stocks and pound rise as US rate call approaches

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Government 'stands ready' to support consumers with energy bills

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Rachel Reeves sets out plan for UK to align with more rules set in Brussels

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Lloyds faces questions from Treasury Committee about recent banking app glitch

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Company failures rise amid fears Iran war will push collapses higher

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Travis Perkins warns over cost rises for building materials amid Iran war

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Mortgage bills soar by £1,100 in London in two weeks of Trump Iran war

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Record high number of people turned to debt relief orders in February

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Energy industry urges Government to help with bills amid Iran war volatility

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Choice of sub-4% mortgages nosedives as 'Trumpflation' hits borrowers

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FTSE 100 Live: Index up despite oil price rebound, Trustpilot surges

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