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Hundreds more high street jobs are being put at risk as part of a sweeping overhaul of the family-owned fashion retailer River Island.

Sir Alan Bates has called for those responsible for the wrongful convictions of sub postmasters in the Capture IT scandal to be "brought to account".

Retail sales volumes suffered their largest monthly fall since December 2023 last month, according to official figures which suggest a link to rising bills.

TalkTalk, the telecoms and broadband group founded by Sir Charles Dunstone, is preparing to hire City advisers to oversee a break-up of the company.

A savings and retirement services group backed by Apollo Global Management is plotting a multibillion pound takeover of Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), one of the City's biggest specialist insurers.

Ministers are considering a commitment to cut soaring industrial energy prices for British companies to the same level enjoyed by competitors in France and Germany as part of its industrial strategy.

Britain has the highest industrial electricity prices in the G7, a cost businesses say makes it impossible to compete internationally and risks "deindustrialising" the UK.

The Bank of England has signalled a weakening labour market could yet trump rising global challenges to allow for more interest rate cuts in the near term.

A damning report into the faulty Post Office IT system that preceded Horizon has been unearthed after nearly 30 years - and it could help overturn criminal convictions.

Energy bill discounts of £150 will be extended to another 2.7 million households to help with fuel costs this winter.