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The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has warned ongoing sterling strength could prompt a prolonged period of lower inflation expectations.

The UK employment rate in the three months to January hit a record high of 73.3%, according to latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The Chancellor George Osborne has announced in today's Budget he plans to scrap the annual tax return, replacing it with a single ‘digital' tax account.

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HSBC is closing accounts on Jersey belonging to customers living in the UK amid checks on their identity and addresses.

UK supermarket Sainsbury's reported a drop in retail sales for the fourth quarter of 2014 as it warned its market will "remain challenging for the foreseeable future"

Liontrust's Anthony Cross, one of the largest shareholders in Charles Stanley, has backed the wealth firm's decision to offload its securities arm and said the company's business review can help it gain ground on peers.

The government has launched a review of how it calculates business rates, saying it wants to modernise the tax which is collected from businesses across England, including financial advisers.

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