Seaside locations are defying the dip and outpacing the nationwide market.

Albert Manifold issued a statement in response to reports about his conduct after BP’s board removed him with immediate effect on Tuesday.

Customers of the bank can join a waiting list for the mobile service that is built on the Virgin O2 network.

It announced the acquisition of Cormetech, a firm it said has been growing in the US power generation market.

Modella said the acquisition marked the next chapter for the Danish retailer which has more than 1,100 shops in 44 countries around the world.

Stephen Burns, chief executive of the 10-pin bowling alley operator, took aim at tax rises and minimum wage increases.

The online marketplace is one of the UK’s biggest employers with about 75,000 staff.

Retailers based overseas can send small parcels worth less than £135 to the UK without paying import duties.

Revenues generated by the business totalled £141.5 million for the six months to the end of March.

It was nonetheless a mixed morning for the financial markets with UK stocks climbing higher and government borrowing costs falling.

Some of the world’s biggest and most powerful companies collect and monetise personal data to power the internet, Web3 Foundation found in a report.

Increased labour costs and slow economic growth are responsible for the shrinking of vacancies, Lord Simon Wolfson said.

The London-listed business, which also owns Screwfix, said it was ‘mindful of the consumer environment’ but hailed a ‘resilient’ start to the year.

Around 1.1 million low-value car finance agreements will not be eligible for redress, consumer law firm Slater and Gordon found.

The shops set for closure have been unprofitable for years and were former McColl’s shops which the chain rescued in 2022.

Accenture and One View Commerce (OVC) have been awarded contracts and will operate the system that will eventually be replaced.

The building society expects its chain of 696 branches will soon be the largest as it also announced plans to hand out a new £100 bonus to members.

The building society made a pre-tax profit of £1.49 billion for the year to the end of March, down from the £2.3 billion it made last year.