Far from luring shoppers away from the high street, social media is sending them through the door in their millions. New research from American Express estimates that content scrolled on phones is now behind some 1.7 billion visits to UK high streets every year, an average of more than 30Continue Reading

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Thousands of shoppers and football fans were forced back to notes and coins on Tuesday night after a power outage at Worldpay, one of the world’s largest payment processors, knocked out card transactions at pubs, supermarkets and restaurants across the country. The disruption could hardly have come at a worseContinue Reading

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Britain has shed £74 billion of goods exports since Brexit and tilted ever more firmly towards a services-led economy, according to new research that throws cold water on hopes of reindustrialising the country, an ambition recently set out by Andy Burnham. The Resolution Foundation, a think tank, found that someContinue Reading

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The FTSE 100 edged lower on Tuesday, held back by weak miners – while freshContinue Reading

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