Ashley’s antics made a bad situation worse for Debenhams

London Briefing: Headline grabbing shenanigans not so amusing when jobs involved

Tax receipts rise, Facebook’s boss flies in, and tourism boss says Dublin needs bigger hotels

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Not much of a welcome back for Dunkerton at Superdry as shares tumble

London Briefing: the wholesale exodus from the company’s boardroom underlines the scale of the disarray at the group

‘It’s a shame he’s not around to see this’ – an album found on Conor Walsh's laptop

Family and friends of the late piano composer come together to release album

Datalex investigation, Apple’s tax bill, and changing the record at HMV

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May loses Brexit vote, Ireland rejects EU tax plans, and Datalex shares fall 59%

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AIB pay rises, calls for easing state aid rules and an Irish company sues tech giants

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London Briefing: Christmas 2018 one of the toughest for retailers in years

Consumer confidence crumbles and Piers Morgan puts a vegan sausage on the menu

Jackpot for Anglo junior bondholders; anger over Irish Ferries; and Irish ‘gilet jaunes’

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London Briefing: May’s measures for no-deal Brexit prompt air of alarm

Prime minister accused of psychological warfare for ramping up pressure over Brexit

Brexit pain, house price rises, media ownership and Christmas vouchers

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Little Christmas cheer likely for M&S in interim results

M&S results will be in sharp contrast to Primark, which recorded a ‘significant’ increase in its UK market share

Bank of Ireland’s low ranking, Italy’s rejected budget, and Conor McGregor’s legal battle

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Reversing the ‘brain drain’, a warning about tax breaks, and Druids Glen goes on sale

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Holding bankers to account, Facebook failings and slowing Dublin house prices

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from ‘The Irish Times’ business desk

Ireland as a tax haven; VHI’s strong capital; Moneyconf; and WPP’s agm showdown

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AGMs, Apple’s back tax, betting tax and the sale of hundreds of Dublin apartments

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Market turmoil, tracker scandals and sporting profits

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Local property tax under review, cut price clothing from Dealz, and Moody’s glum about Irish upgrade

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Not everyone was a winner on the UK high street over Christmas

Shops selling mid-market clothing and other discretionary purchases feel the squeeze

Facebook’s Irish tax move, ESRI on Brexit impact on Irish economy and Ryanair’s strike

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M&S chief under pressure following lacklustre results at UK retailer

Taylor report on UK gig economy fails to win support from unions or employers

Carney neither shaken nor stirred by martinis email hoax

London Briefing: Bank of England governor closes down prankster as penny drops

Lloyds bank ends long journey out of UK state ownership

London Letter: Treasury books profit of about €580 million on share sales

Barclays boss Jess Staley faces City after whistleblower scandal

London Letter: Scourge of bankers Andrew Tyrie steps down after ‘exhilarating’ career

The Barclays boss and the whistleblower

London Briefing: Punishment needed if Threadneedle Street codes to be enforced

Future looks bleak for shrinking Imagination

London letter: Unless it can compromise with Apple, it may have to call in the lawyers

British inflation surges to its highest level since September 2013

Treasury acknowledges families are increasingly worried about rising bills

Insurers count the cost of rising injury payouts

London Briefing: Liz Truss’s shock ruling means personal injury payouts will rise

‘Is that it?’: Tories’ White Paper on housing gets ripped apart

London Briefing: Sajid Javid’s proposals acknowledge crisis but are short on new ideas

London briefing: Corbyn calls for a maximum wage to curb fat-cat pay

Other measures to reduce inequality include bosses’ pay based on multiple of workers’ pay

Lloyds buys MBNA credit cards business for £1.9bn

Concerns raised over timing of bailed-out bank’s first major acquisition since crisis

London Briefing: Spread betting faces a tougher future

Financial Conduct Authority’s report shows 82% of customers lose money trading in CDFs

Sorrell nets extra £11m as crackdown on executive pay announced

WPP chief adds to €190m earnings as government publishes proposals for crackdown

London Letter: Britain wakes up to realisation that price rises are inevitable

Quite what they thought would happen to cost of imports with pound worth a fifth less is something of a mystery

Sports Direct apology over regime at Shirebrook comes at 11th hour

Showdown with the beleaguered board of UK’s biggest sports retailer set to begin

Fund manager scrapping bonuses a step in right direction

London Briefing: Bigger City firms unlikely to follow Woodford example

Sale of ARM may be first of a wave of foreign takeovers of UK firms

Despite Theresa May’s enthusiasm, the sale of the chip designer hints at UK weakness

Bargain hunters mop up shares after Brexit carnage

Bosses of several leading firms issue statements to reassure investors

London Briefing: High Street retailers continue to go out of fashion

Outfitters Austin Reed the latest famous name set to disappear

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