The Press Association looks at 10 ways that the disruption to the critical international shipping route could impact people’s finances.

The lottery firm, which dished out a £83 million jackpot to a UK EuroMillions winner last year, said game launches were imminent.

MAC Cosmetics is kitting out shops with mini studios for its makeup artists to host live shopping shows when it launches on TikTok Shop on April 2.

Analysts Cornwall Insight said energy bills over the summer were said to be higher than it had forecast prior to conflict in the Middle East.

Hargreaves Lansdown said it was experiencing technical issues, during a period of heightened volatility in the financial markets.

The rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation has been gradually easing back towards the Bank of England’s 2% target level since last summer.

British energy giant Shell said the attack caused damage to a facility that is important to the firm.

The Bank left rates unchanged in a unanimous vote among all nine members of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

The Bank of England left rates unchanged in a unanimous vote among all nine members of its Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday.

The energy giant will sell the Gelsenkirchen refinery to independent European refiner Klesch Group.

The price of Brent crude oil was rising by about 7% to cross 114 US dollars a barrel on Thursday morning.

Some economists had previously been expecting policymakers to deliver a cut, prior to the escalation of the war in Iran.

Pay for shop workers and staff at online fulfilment centres will increase by 5.1% to £13.28 an hour from March 29.

The brewer, which runs 285 pubs primarily in the south east of England, hailed an ‘exceptional’ performance for its venues in the capital city.

The lender and retailer said the higher price of the precious metal was piquing consumer demand and bolstering its profits.

The RAC said prices at the pump were ‘really starting to hurt drivers’ as they continue to rise amid the conflict in the Middle East.

Eva Longoria is the face of a programme run by tech giant Lenovo aimed at connecting like-minded entrepreneurs through business ‘twinning’.

Chief executive Gavin Slark said events over the last few weeks had already been affecting prices for the industry.

The company, which is one of the UK’s biggest operators with around 340 car parks nationwide, appointed administrators at PwC.

Tilray Brands said it had agreed to acquire certain key assets across North America.