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Anglo American site

Anglo American rejects second takeover offer from BHP worth £34bn

Dounreay energy plant

Power station workers to walk out after rejecting ‘real terms pay cut’

Pizza Pilgrims

Pizza Pilgrims to expand to Scotland and Wales after record profits

A house being built

Wet weather and economic challenges ‘dampened house building in early 2024’

A sign for NatWest bank

Treasury sells more of its NatWest stake ahead of planned summer share sale

A Post Office

Record £3.48bn in withdrawals and deposits at Post Office branches in April

Nadhim Zahawi tax settlement

Nadhim Zahawi appointed chairman of Barclay family-owned Very Group

Money stock

Link between productivity and wage growth temporarily severed – think tank

John Swinney

All economic interventions should be to support growth, says Swinney

Coastguard

Coastguards win worker status after ‘historic’ legal battle

Money

Mission Group rebuffs £27m bid approach from Brave Bison

Passengers at Heathrow

Heathrow accuses Government of ‘curtailing UK’s global connectivity’

Models of houses on coins

‘Shocking’ number of ultra-long mortgages due to run past state pension age

Student accommodation shortage

Unite Students sells £184m of university accommodation

A woman looking stressed

Afternoon and midweek are common times to be scammed, survey finds

A spinning class at boutique gym chain 1Rebel

Imbiba invests in boutique gym firm 1Rebel after closing £90m fund

Social worker and elderly man

Labour rejects report saying its fair pay agreement could cost taxpayers £4.2bn

Unison members on strike

Thousands of council workers expected to be consulted on strike action