1. FTSE 100 ends the first half of 2023 on a high note
At the close, the FTSE 100 had added 60 points to reach 7,532 points for a 0.8% gain on the last trading day of June.
2. Royal Mail’s service dubbed ‘appalling’
There have been calls for the regulator to intervene after one in three people said Royal Mail, which is owned by International Distributions Services PLC, had failed to deliver their letters on time.
3. Tesco cuts prices on 500 household items
From Saturday onwards four pints of milk will cost £1.45, down from £1.55, and two pints, down 5p, will cost £1.20.
4. Centrica doubles storage capacity at Rough
The facility, 18 miles off the East Yorkshire coast, was re-opened for gas storage in October 2022, and at that time was able to store approximately 30bn cubic feet (bcf) of gas for UK homes and businesses.
5. Bear Grylls partners with AI start-up to battle propaganda
Seekr’s AI-based technology analyses online information in order to determine political bias and the reliability of information.