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Halfords targeted for £1.4bn merger
Tie-up talks with Redde Northgate have stalled due to disagreements over price
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It is time to ditch the Royal Mail’s outdated letters pledge
Britain risks becoming an aberration as postal services are scaled back across Europe
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Our lame duck prime minister has made his most irrational move yet
The fabric of Britain has fallen into disrepair and foreign ownership makes it much harder to reverse
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Fears for bank statements as print supplier faces cash crunch
Potential disruption prompts Lloyds to switch customers to online statements
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Why oil’s next mega-merger should be Shell and BP
Downing Street would do well to protect the supermajors from international raiders
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Starmer’s pledge to save steel is a red herring
Labour leader’s plans are even more economically illiterate those already on the table
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Inside the debt-fuelled empire vying for a slice of Manchester United
Britain’s second-richest man may have reached his pinnacle with this latest trophy
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How the Israel-Hamas war is forcing a rethink of cash from the Gulf
Western dealmaking with regimes tainted by Hamas ties will get harder to defend
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China is the biggest threat to Elon Musk’s empire
The tech tycoon can only watch as his rivals run away with the electric car market
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The vultures have arrived to feast on the carcass of the chain restaurant boom
The proliferation of soulless eateries flogging forgettable fare has finally met its grisly end
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Metro Bank’s costly rescue is another nail in the coffin for branches
The challenger lender’s shiny premises will do well to survive fresh cost-cutting measures
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How the secret tycoons buying up sport are about to face the limelight
Private equity giant CVC is planning a multibillion-pound stock market float, opening the door to glaring scrutiny – and accountability
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Metro Bank’s mess shows the stranglehold of big lenders can never be broken
The flag-waver-in-chief of the challenger banks may be facing its denouement
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West Midlands mayor launches last-ditch attempt to rescue HS2
Private funding proposed as Rishi Sunak expected to axe northern leg of troubled rail project
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Sharon White’s exit isn’t the answer to John Lewis’s deep-rooted problems
The retailer has turned into a perennial laggard at a time when radical change is needed
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HSBC is blundering into a trap in China
Bank will be forced to confront whether its fealty to Beijing is becoming too costly
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