1. Royal Mail owner "inclined to accept" Czech billionaire’s new offer
The postal group considering accepting a £3.5 billion offer from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky
2. FTSE 100 hits new heights
The blue-chip index closed the day at another record high, up 17 points at 8,445.
3. Burberry expects further challenges as profits fall
The fashion group reported profits down by more than a third as it said the "backdrop...has been challenging".
4. Raspberry Pi reveals plan to IPO in London
The pioneer of affordable, high-performance single-board computers (SBCs), announced its plans to go public.
5. Taxpayers wait 800 years to speak to HMRC
HMRC failed to answer 45% of its taxpayers’ calls, a new report found.
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