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NUCLEAR power is being backed as a reliable way of keeping the lights on while cutting greenhouse gas emissions from the UK’s power sector. Daily Express :: City & Business Feed

LLOYDS Banking Group is cutting 3,000 jobs and shutting 200 branches as the lender braces for a cut in interest rates following Britain’s decision to quit the European Union. Daily Express :: City & Business Feed

APPLE reported revenue of $ 42.4bn as it beat analyst expectations and responded to the company’s first earnings decline in 13 years in the previous quarter of the year. Daily Express :: City & Business Feed

A MAJORITY of MPs believe a third runway at Heathrow is the major infrastructure project that will benefit the UK economy the most, according to a new poll. Daily Express :: City & Business Feed

A £344m expansion programme at London City Airport has been given the go-ahead by ministers who hope it could provide a £1.5bn boost to the British economy by 2025. Daily Express :: City & Business Feed

DESPITE gloomy forecasts the economy picked up pace in the second quarter of this year following a robust performance from industrial production and the services sector. Daily Express :: City & Business Feed

THERESA May is under mounting pressure to pull out of the EU customs union so international trade secretary Liam Fox can receive maximum freedom to negotiate new trade deals. Daily Express :: City & Business Feed

BRITAIN’S economy received another Brexit boost today as the key FTSE 250 index of companies all but wiped out the losses sustained in the uncertainty following the EU referendum vote. Daily Express :: City & Business Feed

RESTAURANT chain McDonald’s is to create 5,000 new jobs in Britain giving the economy another vote of confidence following the decision to leave the European Union . Daily Express :: City & Business Feed

THE FTSE 100 has reached a new 11 month high today, as confidence in UK listed companies continues to soar in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union . Daily Express :: City & Business Feed