UK’s housing stock hits ‘highest level in eight years’; FTSE 100 slips as commodity market pulls back - business live

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UK’s housing stock hits ‘highest level in eight years’; FTSE 100 slips as commodity market pulls back - business live

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Turning back to the weight-loss jab frenzy, John Vincent, the founder of the fast food chain Leon, said that the rising use of the drugs would benefit the business.

He told the BBC:

I think there is an opportunity for any brand, I think Marks & Spencers has responded to it quite well already. I think there is definitely an opportunity for Leon type food, which is typically made with good fats not bad fats, low sugar not high sugar and lots of great flavour with herbs and spices.

We are actually seeing that the type of food we enjoy eating at Leon…is actually the sort of food that people on weight-loss jabs want to eat.

Water supplies have now been restored to the 6,500 properties in Tunbridge Wells area.

Some customers may be experiencing low pressure as the water levels continue to build this morning throughout the area’s pipeline network.

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