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Inflation Impact, Bus Franchising and Latest UK Fraud Figures

How has nearly three years of high inflation impacted shoppers and businesses? More metropolitan mayors are planning to regulate buses, will it halt the decline in bus use?

Inflation has returned to close to the Bank of England target and is now the lowest for nearly three years, but how has it impacted on consumers and businesses?

More metropolitan mayors say they'll follow Greater Manchester and bring buses back under public control. Bus operators say they stand ready to support their efforts but warn it will take more than a change in ownership to fix Britian's declining bus use problem.

The entrepreneurs who have built thriving businesses by selling other people鈥檚 clothes online for them.

The Chelsea Flower Show , has been dominated by stories of the havoc caused by record rain fall in recent months, how will this play out for the rest of us when we come to buy our plants and bulbs this year?

Latest fraud figures published by the financial industry show a slight dip in overall losses. According to UK Finance new consumer security measures, like bio-metrics and two step authentication, managed to stop criminals getting their hands on 64 pence of every pound they attempted to steal.

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