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Independent UK - Business

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PZ Cussons scraps plans to sell African arm

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Reeves: PM and I decided 'as a team' not to hike income tax

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Sky's Priya Dogra announced as new Channel 4 chief executive

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Taxpayer left with hefty bill from high UK borrowing costs – report

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Chancellor's Budget to help bring down inflation from spring, say Bank officials

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UK shoppers cut spending at fastest rate in almost five years

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Guinness to open new £73m brewery and venue in London this week

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Banks in mortgage war as rates plunge in major boost to buyers

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Christmas dinner to cost slightly less this year in rare boost for households

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Water boss should not resign as problem 'far wider than individual people'

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Ministers promise 50,000 new apprenticeships in bid to tackle youth unemployment

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FTSE 100 falls despite benign US inflation data

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Major restaurant chain set for comeback years after collapse

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Full list of Poundland stores set for closure in December and January

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FTSE 100 up as investors pin hopes on US rate cut

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New electric car market suffers smallest growth since December 2023

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Rate of business closures in the UK falls to lowest level since 2016

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Undrinkable water to be restored to 24,000 homes in Kent

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UK construction sector shrinks at fastest rate since 2020

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