Close Brothers banking group to cut 600 jobs and roll out AI ‘at pace’
Specialist lender’s shares plunge after short seller claims it will have to raise provision for car finance scandal
Starbucks shareholders push to oust board members over stalled union talks
Board members Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and Beth Ford face scrutiny for the coffee chain’s ongoing labor dispute
UK energy: about 14m households getting ‘below-average’ service
Ecotricity ranked top in Citizens Advice survey, followed by Outfox, Octopus and Co-operative
Thames Water is billing me for its own mistake
I was suddenly presented with a nearly £2,000 bill backdated to 2020 when it had mistakenly stopped collecting my direct debits
‘Very damaging’: how the Iran war is hitting energy-intensive industries
Conflict pushes companies struggling with rising costs in sectors such as steel and chemicals to the edge
‘National disgrace’: pothole repair backlog hits record £18.6bn in England and Wales
Only half the road network is in good condition despite 1.9m repairs last year, says industry body
Chris Bowen declares rush on jerry cans ‘un-Australian’ as he urges end to panic buying of petrol
Energy minister says country’s fuel supply has yet to be affected by war after meeting with suppliers and retailers
Train delays: compensation claims to be easier under Great British Railways
Refund systems for individual train operators to be merged into single service under nationalised rail body
EU calls for urgent reboot in talks with UK to stop reset deal failing
Time is running out to find agreement on areas such as tuition fees EU citizens would pay in Britain and rules for food safety
Thames Water rescue deal talks rumble on interminably but its future remains unclear
As negotiations enter a ninth month, an outcome is thought to be weeks away and the devil is still in the detail
Trump’s war is bringing economic calamity to the UK – and another shock to our politics
Hard choices lie ahead for Downing Street if higher fuel prices spark resentment and trigger a renewed cost of living crisis, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Car park firm NCP falls into administration, putting nearly 700 jobs at risk
PwC called in as administrators after company runs out of cash, leaving it unable to pay landlords and creditors
IEA to consider release of more oil reserves as Iran war keeps prices high
Head of world’s energy watchdog says it will take time for markets to recover from ongoing crisis in strait of Hormuz
The Taylor Swift effect: US vinyl sales top $1bn for the first time since 1983
Swift leads the 2025 vinyl charts with 1.6m sales of The Life of a Showgirl while Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar round out the top three
UK mortgage rates jump, and petrol prices rise, amid ‘Trumpflation’ worries; Oil price falls as Bessent says US is letting Iran ship its crude – as it happened
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