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Dunelm seeks to shrug off challenging market conditions with sales rise
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.Furnishings and homeware retailer Dunelm is set to reveal improved sales despite a challenging backdrop for shoppers over the past year.The Leicester-based …
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Average UK house price hits two-year high amid ‘positive summer’ for market
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.The average UK house price hit a two-year high in August, up 0.3 per cent on the previous month, according to new …
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Fears of US recession ease as job creation ticks up
A stronger performance for job creation in the United States appears to have eased financial market fears of a US recession.Closely-watched employment data showed that 142,000 net new jobs were created in the world’s largest economy last month. While that was below forecasts of 160,000, it represented a significant recovery on a downwardly revised total …
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Welsh Government on track to miss its new social housing target
The Welsh Government is forecast to fall short of its target of 20,000 new social homes in the current Senedd term by around 20% unless it provides additional finance, according to a report from watchdog Audit Wales. The target, set out in the Welsh Government’s 2021-26 programme for government, covers new properties delivered by housing …
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John Lewis brings back ‘never knowingly undersold’ pledge after two years
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Investment bosses praise Labour’s potential scrapping of British ISA
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Fuel prices drop to lowest levels in nearly three years
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Currys boosted by AI-curious customers as it takes 50% laptop market share
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Tycoon Caring close to clinching £1bn sale of Ivy Collection
The billionaire businessman Richard Caring is close to clinching a sale of his collection of Ivy restaurants, paving the way for a new owner of some of London’s biggest celebrity haunts.Sky News has learnt that Mr Caring, who began exploring an auction late last year, is on the brink of signing a deal with Si …
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Telegram chief releases first public comment since arrest
Telegram boss Pavel Durov has admitted his encrypted messaging app is not perfect but strongly denied it was an “anarchic paradise” as he broke his silence following his arrest in France.Writing on the platform in his first public comments since his detention, the chief executive argued the approach taken by the French authorities was “misguided” …
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Economy needs ‘£1trn investment over 10 years to achieve 3% growth rate’
The UK economy would need investment of £1trn over a decade for an annual growth rate of 3% to be achieved, according to a business lobby group.The Capital Markets Industry Taskforce (CMIT), which represents leaders in the financial services sphere, said £100bn a year must be found to help the country catch up after trailing …
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New Body Shop owner lines up financing as rescue deal looms
The new owners of The Body Shop are lining up tens of millions of pounds in new financing as they finalise a deal to buy the chain out of administration.Sky News has learnt that Aurea, an investment company led by Mike Jatania, a cosmetics entrepreneur, is in advanced talks to secure more than £30m in …

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