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A 1 per cent price rise for UK-based customers in November helped lift the group's revenues by 4.4 per cent to £1.29billion in the three months to 31 December.

The average British family now spends £45.10 a week on dining out, compared with £56.80 on food at home, according to the Office for National Statistics. But do these places offer good value?

The furniture and clothing retailer's pre-tax profits slumped from £7.8million to £4.3million over the period to 31 December, its latest half-year results reveal.

Making the most of a pension is your best chance of securing a decent income when you retire. We explain what you need to know.

Urgent action is needed to protect people with generous and guaranteed final salary pensions from being cheated, according a scathing report issued by MPs today.

Chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who took over from ousted co-founder Travis Kalanick, hopes to make an underlying profit by next year, ahead of a stock market float in 2019.

Biotechnology is an exciting industry, where technology creates medicine tailored to individuals. Carl Harald Janson, of International Biotechnology Trust, explains it to us.

Pay packets are now expected to rise by an average of 3.1 per cent this year, above the better-than-expected rate of 2.6 per cent seen last year, Bank of England data shows.

EE has overhauled its mobile tariffs, giving users the option to add-on extra perks as and when they please. We take a look at what it offers and the other deals out there offering more flexibility.

Ahmed, 58, is stepping down in April to be replaced by finance chief Nick Hampton. Ahmed and his wife Talat have transferred 1.5m shares to their two daughters, Ayesha and Sara.

Separating Persimmon chief executive Jeff Fairburn from part of his potential bonus of £116m has been like pulling teeth and there is still much about his approach which is unacceptable.

Tata Steel workers in Port Talbot were 'shamelessly bamboozled' into signing up to unsuitable funds, according to the Work and Pensions Committee, amid fears workers have lost thousands of pounds.

In total, BT and Sky stumped up nearly £4.5billion to screen the lion's share of 200 games for each season between 2019 to 2022.

Predecessor Barack Obama presided over a golden era for American weapons firms – because the threat of tough restrictions fuelled a buying spree by gun enthusiasts.

The company revealed plans to raise an additional £150 million in capital after being left to continue work on a major Scottish road project alone following the liquidation of Carillion in January.

Alisdair Warren is the owner of The Electric Palace, an art deco cinema in his home town of Bridport, Dorset, which he bought in 2015 for £500,000.

Customers at Waitrose have been celebrating the end of dry January, with the grocer reporting a 27 per cent rise in craft beers and gin sales up 14 per cent last week.

Quirky new products such as Sprite Cucumber, Schweppes Pomegranate and eight varieties of Fanta added sparkle to Coca-Cola HBC's sales, which were up by almost 5 per cent.

A report by the regional agents of the Bank of England suggests firms expect to give the average worker a 3.1 per cent pay rise in 2018, compared to 2.6 per cent last year and the strongest for a decade.

While Sky managed to slash the amount it pays per football match, arch-rival BT ended up paying more. The blunder piles fresh pressure on Gavin Patterson, BT’s embattled boss.