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Persimmon’s results have been negatively affected by the Covid-19 lockdown but it could be turning the corner now that construction has returned to pre-Covid building levels

Many supermarkets are now offering same day delivery – with some offering to get shopping to you within the hour. How do the services compare?

The TV chef, pictured with wife Tana, is also planning an expansion in Asia with 200 sites in the next five years. Ramsay believes the new restaurants will create around 2,000 jobs in the UK.

The owner of Guinness and Johnnie Walker whisky acquired Aviation American Gin, which sells for between £31 and £36 per 700ml bottle in the UK, as the latest celebrity-backed spirit in its stable.

Ahead of the September 1st start date M&S has dropped prices to undercut its upmarket rival on thousands of everyday items such as honey roast ham, tinned tomatoes and organic cucumbers.

The company said sales were turbocharged by the ‘shift towards greater in-home consumption’ during the lockdown, as families avoided going out and stocked up on meat at the supermarket.

Shay Segev, who took over at the owner of Ladbrokes Coral from Kenny Alexander last month, has bought close to 1.5m shares for £3.17 thanks to an incentive plan put in place in 2016.

Taxpayer-backed Natwest operates in the UK under both the Natwest and Royal Bank of Scotland brands. But personal banking customers have ranked both among the poorest for service.

The reputation of Britain’s high street banks never recovered fully from the 2008-09 financial crisis and is not helped by the savage cuts in savings rates during the current pandemic.

Households have become gloomier about their finances this month and are ‘highly pessimistic’ about their prospects over the next year, according to information provider IHS Markit.