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The army is on standby with soldiers at "increased preparedness" to help deliver fuel if necessary, the defence secretary has said.

The first round of talks on the UK joining a trans-Pacific trade bloc gets under way today.

The government is facing calls to prioritise essential workers as some petrol supplies run dry amid impacts of a shortage of lorry drivers.

Royal Dutch Shell's household energy supply business has taken on the customers of failed rival Green Supplier, according to the industry's regulator, amid fears more small providers will collapse amid the record surge in energy costs.

Brexit is "obviously a contributory factor" to the shortage of HGV drivers that is having a knock-on effect across the economy, the shadow chancellor has told Sky News.

Aldi has revealed plans to create 2,000 jobs next year as it reported a dip in annual profits partly blamed on the pandemic.

Facebook has announced that it is pausing its Instagram Kids project following criticism from child protection authorities and legislators.

Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has been fined £2.34m after an investigation found "serious lack of competence" in its audits of cake chain Patisserie Valerie.

Applications for a high street voucher scheme have opened in a bid to boost businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19.

A long-running legal claim against one of Britain’s biggest banks over allegations that its business customers unnecessarily paid hundreds of millions of pounds in fees and interest will be expanded this week with the addition of hundreds of new claimants.