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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Friday 2nd December 2022
5. Clothing chain Joules has been rescued from administration by retail giant Next and founder Tom Joule.
Under the £34m deal, Next says it intends to keep about 100 Joules stores open and save 1,450 jobs.
4. BP. stands to receive "blood money" through its investments in Russia, a leading adviser to Ukraine's president has warned.
Oleg Ustenko said BP is entitled to hundreds of millions of pounds from its stake in Russian energy giant Rosneft.
3. UK house prices saw their biggest monthly fall for more than two years in November as rising interest rates put off buyers, the Nationwide has said.
Prices fell 1.4% from October, which was the largest month-on-month fall since June 2020 and annual house price growth fell to 4.4% from 7.2% in October.
2. The government is set to miss its target for securing post-Brexit trade agreements, as figures show a 15% fall in the number of UK exporters.
At the 2019 election the Conservatives promised to get agreements covering 80% of UK trade by the end of this year but the most recent figures suggest it will be just 63%.
1. Christmas dinner will be nearly 22% more expensive this year than in 2021.
The price of seven key items has risen by £5.36 over a year, with chipolatas - the crucial ingredient in pigs-in-blankets - seeing the steepest jump.