Omicron chaos floors Footsie, more Purplebricks pain and upgrade in the post for Royal Mail, (so it may not arrive)…

1- Airlines and Wetherspoons lay into PM as new Omicron measures come into force

The government’s approach is “haphazard and deeply disproportionate” say bosses of eight leading carriers

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2 – Bleak Monday for Footsie

At the close, the UK blue-chip index was down 60.34 points, or 0.8% at 7,231.44, just above the session low of 7,226.63 and well below the day’s peak of 7,309.23

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3 – Audoo gets money, money, money 

Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and Abba’s Bjorn Ulvaeus among backers in £7.2mln funding round for UK music tech company

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4 – Royal Mail gets a broker upgrade despite delivery chaos

Short-term issues notwithstanding, the shares appear to offer value at current levels suggests Berenberg 

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5 – Purplebricks under the cosh after lettings failings

Online estate agent makes provisions for potential claims after problems with how it has been registering tenants’ deposits

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Day ahead

Ocado and M&S update, while UK jobs numbers main macro news

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