Mr Burgeman added: “Greggs has been another victim of the economic pressures this year. The bakery chain warned about staff shortages in October and the shares are down more than 40pc.” However, market consensus suggests that investors could still profit off all three stocks’ potential to bounce back when …
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First-time buyers will need to find £4,000 a year more to pay the mortgage when interest rates rise to their highest in a decade. Buyers with 5pc deposits have been spared the significant interest rate rises suffered by more affluent borrowers so far this year. But rampant inflation means they …
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