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BUSINESS LIVE: GDP grows 0.1%; Unilever ice cream float; BATS tobacco lawsuit
By LIVE COMMENTARY Updated: 09:38 EST, 13 February 2025 <!--
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Revealed: The 30mph roads where police are catching drivers going up to FOUR times the
'Incredibly dangerous' drivers are being caught by police going up to four times the speed limit on 30mph roads, an investigation found today.Some 48 per cent of UK forces captured drivers exceeding 90mph on such roads in the 20 months…
Crypto exchange returns to the UK after getting green light from regulators
By HARVEY DORSET Updated: 11:20 EST, 12 February 2025 <!--
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Housebuilder Barratt Redrow sees profits soar after £2.5bn tie-up
Barratt Redrow has lifted profit guidance after the housebuilder posted a strong performance for its first six-month trading period as a combined entity. Britain's biggest housebuilder, which was formed after Barratt Developments bought…
Virgin bumped us off flight to the U.S. and promised to refund 75% – but it’s never paid
Virgin Atlantic promised to reimburse us 75 per cent of the cost of our tickets to the US after we agreed to switch flights. But although the trip was last May we have yet to receive it. We have also not been given a refund for two…
Mortgage price war erupts as Santander sends rates below 4% for first time since November
By ED MAGNUS Updated: 12:49 EST, 11 February 2025 <!--
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Inheriting an investment portfolio: Do you keep it, sell it… or give it away to avoid
Inheriting a portfolio of shares or investment funds and trusts can be a boon that transforms your finances.But however welcome the bequest, there is much to investigate and decide on when taking over someone else's invested assets - not…
Britain is ‘sleepwalking towards a pensions crisis’ after Labour delays auto-enrolment
By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 17:02 EST, 10 February 2025 <!--
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Labour to cut support for Drax but eco activists want it to go even further
Drax has agreed to provide electricity for £113/MWh from 2027 to 2031The company's North Yorkshire site is the world's largest biomass plantBy HARRY WISE Updated: 09:40 EST, 10 February 2025 <!--
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Fresh blow for Chancellor as business optimism hits two-year low
By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 19:05 EST, 9 February 2025 <!--
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Rachel Reeves was dealt a…