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  • Tesco bought Booker in 2017, promising that the deal would benefit shoppers and independent retailers.

    Tesco accused of undercutting local shops via its wholesale business

    Independent shopkeepers say prices they pay at supermarket’s cash-and-carry arm Booker are often higher than in Tesco stores
  • Stack of old clothes to discard (declutter) or keep.

    M&S and Oxfam trial postal donation bags for ‘unwearable’ clothes

  • Seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, Great Britain, Europe<br>BPK9EP Seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, Great Britain, Europe

    ‘As transparent as a brick wall’
    British firms fight back against ‘Business Improvement Districts’

  • Adrian Pike, winemaker with wife Galia at their vineyard and winery near Ashford, Kent.

    ‘It’s a sun trap’
    climate crisis brings boomtime for British wine

  • Two litres of supermarket olive oil cost about £7 in 2022. Now the same bottle will cost more than £16.

    Crippling mortgages and £16 olive oil
    how much have UK prices risen in the past two years?

  • a woman walks past an advertisement for Shein in London

    Fast fashion retailer Shein doubles profits as it awaits IPO approval

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Growing business

  • Ecojet plane

    Green energy tycoon to launch UK’s first electric airline

  • Elton John on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury.

    Over-50s catching the music festival bug in the UK, Saga study finds

  • Wind turbines at Hagshaw hill, near Douglas, Scotland.

    Scottish windfarm built in 1995 to be ‘repowered’ with new turbines

  • Barbeque in a back garden

    UK retailers report sizzling sales in hot June weather

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Entrepreneurs

  • Florist Stuart Fenwick aboard his barge Bria surrounded by flowers

    ‘It’s all here on the water’
    How Britain’s canals became home to bakers, blacksmiths and florists

  • Pocket Living’s chief executive, Marc Vlessing, a former investment banker and one-time boss of a West End theatre group.

    Housing crisis
    The low-cost developer thinking big with small spaces

    • James Timpson speaking at the Conservative party conference in 2015

      ‘There is another way’: why Timpson boss hit out at PM’s chain-gang plan

    • Happy Vax: tell the world that you have been vaccinated with this fun, bright, little ray of wearable soft enamel pin.

      'Fauci ouchie'
      small online sellers find lifeline in vaccine-themed merchandise

    • File photo of Sanjeev Gupta

      Web domain revelations add pressure on Sanjeev Gupta's metal group

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Technology

  • Astro moving around home

    Amazon launches home robot Astro and giant Alexa display

  • Someone with a Playstation 5

    Sony profits soar as it benefits from home entertainment boom

  • A Deliveroo cycle courier in London

    Why the wheels came off Deliveroo’s overheated stock market flotation

  • Google Becomes A Publicly Traded Company<br>NEW YORK - AUGUST 19: (L to R) Google CFO George Reyes, Chairman of the Executive Committee and CEO Eric E. Schmidt, SVP Worldwide Sales & Field Operations Omid Kordestani, Co-Founder and President of Products Larry Page, NASDAQ President and CEO Robert Greifeld and Google Vice President for Corporate Development David Drummond participate in a ceremony as Google, Inc. is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange for the first time August 19, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by NASDAQ via Getty Images) web website 51188220

    How past tech floats fared, and upcoming IPOs in London

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Responsible leadership

  • Demonstrators march in New York City on 2 April in solidarity with the #StopTheMoneyPipeline coalition.

    Banks pledge to fight climate crisis – but their boards have deep links with fossil fuels

  • Alpargata white Toms ethical shoe brand

    Ethical shoe brand Toms hopes to find its footing with Gen Z

    After a tough couple of years, the firm has a new philanthropic focus and a new look for the summer
  • Marmite with toast and knife

    World is shifting to a more plant-based diet, says Unilever chief

    Group aims to have €1bn-a-year plant-based foods business by 2028, after success of its vegan products
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Work life

  • A woman stretches at a desk

    Stress test: how ‘burnout breaks’ are helping staff recover from pandemic

  • A commuter dons her make-up on an Underground train in central London.

    UK firms use free beer and popcorn to tempt staff back to offices

    • UK workers feel pressure to hide mental health concerns, survey finds

    • Black youth unemployment rate of 40% similar to time of Brixton riots, data shows

    • Deliveroo workers protest as shares rise on first day of open trading

    • The dogs keeping office workers company through lockdown

    • Britain's Covid unemployed: 'I’m broke. I'm going to the food bank for handouts'

    • Tech careers for women
      what are the main roles and how do you retrain?

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