Here are some of the top business stories making the national headlines.
HSBC to buy UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank
A deal has been agreed for HSBC to buy the UK arm of the failed US Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the government has announced. Find out more via the BBC.
Budget will ‘break down barriers’ to work in bid to fill vacancy void, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt tells Sky News
The budget will “break down the barriers” to getting people back into work in the face of more than a million vacancies and a sluggish economy, the chancellor has told Sky News.
‘Global greedflation’: big firms ‘driving shopping bills to record highs’
Large corporations have fuelled inflation with price increases that go beyond rising costs of raw materials and wages, pushing shopping bills to record highs, according to an analysis of hundreds of company accounts. Find out more via The Guardian.
Junior doctors to launch strike ahead of week of walkouts by several unions
Junior doctors will launch a three-day strike on Monday ahead of a week of walkouts which will include one of the biggest days of industrial action for years. Find out more via the Evening Standard
