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Shell to cut £18bn from value of assets amid coronavirus crisis

Shell has warned it will slash up to $22bn (£18bn) from the value of its oil and gas assets as it co..

by The Editor
June 30, 2020
Business

Coronavirus slump could delay housebuilding

More than 300,000 planned new homes may remain on the drawing board over the next five years, deepen..

by The Editor
June 30, 2020
Business

Progress on gender equality at risk from Covid-19 jobs crisis

Modest progress in workplace gender equality risks being reversed by the disproportionate impact of ..

by The Editor
June 30, 2020
Business

UK needs ‘biggest-ever peacetime job creation plan’ to stop mass unemployment

The biggest job creation package in peacetime is needed to prevent the worst unemployment crisis in ..

by The Editor
June 29, 2020
Business

Virgin Atlantic seeks urgent rescue package worth up to £900m

Virgin Atlantic is attempting to secure a privately funded rescue deal worth up to £900m by the end ..

by The Editor
June 28, 2020
Business

UK cinema industry set for worst year since 1996 due to coronavirus

The UK cinema industry is on track for its worst year since 1996, with box office and advertising re..

by The Editor
June 28, 2020
Business

Shopping centre owner Intu to collapse into administration

Intu Properties will collapse into administration on Friday afternoon after the heavily indebted sho..

by The Editor
June 26, 2020
Business

Tesco hit by shareholder revolt over executive pay

Tesco has suffered a major shareholder revolt over executive pay, casting a shadow over a strong sal..

by The Editor
June 26, 2020
Business

Aston Martin raises £207m in equity and debt after sales slump

Aston Martin Lagonda has raised £207m in new equity and high-cost debt as the luxury carmaker seeks ..

by The Editor
June 26, 2020
Business

Wirecard UK ordered to freeze customer funds by finance regulator

Thousands of people have been locked out of online banking accounts after the City watchdog ordered ..

by The Editor
June 26, 2020
Business

Bikes boom: UK sales up 60% in April

Britons bought 60% more bikes in April as the nation turned to two-wheeled transport during the coro..

by The Editor
June 26, 2020
Business

Royal Mail to cut 2,000 management roles

Royal Mail has announced a cost-cutting plan that will involve slashing about 2,000 jobs in a move a..

by The Editor
June 25, 2020
Business

Out-of-work households £1,600 worse off during Covid-19 due to austerity

Families falling out of work during the coronavirus crisis will get £1,600 less on average in benefi..

by The Editor
June 25, 2020
Business

Waitrose boss joins calls for post-Brexit food standards protection

The new boss of Waitrose has joined farmers and food campaigners in urging the government to protect..

by The Editor
June 25, 2020
Business

Company behind Bisto, Mr Kipling and McDougall’s expects UK sales surge

Sales at Premier Foods, the company behind Bisto, Mr Kipling and McDougalls, are expected to surge b..

by The Editor
June 25, 2020
Business

Aviation services firm Swissport to cut more than 4,500 UK jobs

The airport ground handling company Swissport is planning to cut more than 4,500 jobs in the UK, as ..

by The Editor
June 25, 2020
Business

John Lewis appoints Pippa Wicks as executive director

John Lewis has appointed a senior Co-op executive who was previously a management consultant, to hea..

by The Editor
June 25, 2020
Business

Norton Motorcycles’ ex-owner must pay back £14m missing from pension fund

The former owner of Norton Motorcycles has been ordered to pay back about £14m missing from retireme..

by The Editor
June 25, 2020
Business

UK factory output plunges at fastest pace, says CBI

The output of factories has fallen at its fastest pace on record during Britains three-month lockdow..

by The Editor
June 23, 2020
Business

Beijing will pounce if UK sacrifices islands, says DANIEL KAWCZYNSKI

AS BRITAIN prepares to step out of the European Union, our Overseas Territories will play a hugely i..

by The Editor
June 20, 2020
Business

‘Everybody’s doing a Covid clearout’: Englands reopened charity shops embrace the new normal

Many of us have missed the likes of Scope just as much as Primark or John Lewis. We spend a day with..

by The Editor
June 19, 2020
Business

Martin Lewis issues urgent credit card warning

MARTIN LEWIS, the Money Saving Expert, shares money tips on a regular basis, and recently he has add..

by The Editor
June 18, 2020
Business

UK jobcentre claimants rise 23% to 2.8m amid coronavirus crisis

The number of people out of work and claiming work-related benefits in the UK jumped 23% to 2.8 mill..

by The Editor
June 16, 2020
Business

Greggs to reopen 800 stores on Thursday

Greggs is pressing ahead with plans to reopen 800 stores on Thursday but has said it expects sales t..

by The Editor
June 16, 2020
Business

Capita to axe at least 200 jobs amid coronavirus cost-cutting

Capita, one of the major providers of outsourced services to the UK government, plans to cut at leas..

by The Editor
June 14, 2020
Business

Brexit: France revives spectre of no-deal as EU-UK trade talks stall

France is warning it will be difficult for the European Union and the UK to reach agreement over a n..

by The Editor
June 11, 2020
Business

BAN plundering supertrawlers from UK waters

MASSIVE supertrawlers – including ships from Russia and the Netherlands – spent a staggering 2,963 h..

by The Editor
June 11, 2020
Business

Barnier rejects key UK trade demand in fresh row – despite EU offering same terms to Japan

BARNIER has sparked fury from British negotiators after rejecting a key trade demand – despite the E..

by The Editor
June 9, 2020
Business

Bentley to announce up to 1,000 job cuts amid pandemic pressures

BENTLEY is planning to cut up to 1,000 jobs in the UK as the coronavirus pandemic hits the wider aut..

by The Editor
June 5, 2020
Business

Airlines and carmakers benefit from UK Covid relief scheme

Airlines, carmakers and oilfield engineers have benefited by billions from the governments economic ..

by The Editor
June 5, 2020
Business

Labour calls for second round of support for struggling firms

Labour is urging the government to provide a second round of support for businesses amid signs lockd..

by The Editor
June 5, 2020
Business

Oxfam funding crisis puts 200 UK jobs at risk

More than 200 UK jobs could be lost at Oxfam, after the charitys funding plummeted during the corona..

by The Editor
June 4, 2020
Business

Prepare for 1980s-level unemployment, former chancellors warn

Three former chancellors have warned the government to prepare for 1980s levels of unemployment as t..

by The Editor
June 4, 2020
Business

Bank of England urges lenders to bolster no-deal Brexit plans

The Bank of England governor has told banks to bolster their preparations for a no-deal Brexit.

And..

by The Editor
June 4, 2020
Business

Frankie & Benny’s owner to permanently close 120 restaurants

The owner of Frankie & Bennys and Garfunkels is to permanently close up to 120 restaurants with almo..

by The Editor
June 4, 2020
Business

Car dealers in England report strong trade as lockdown eases

Car dealers have reported relatively strong sales since the government allowed showrooms to reopen i..

by The Editor
June 4, 2020
Business

Rolls-Royce confirms locations of first 3,000 UK job losses

Rolls-Royce has announced the locations of its first 3,000 redundancies in the UK, as the jet-engine..

by The Editor
June 4, 2020
Business

P&O Cruises will not set sail again until October

P&O Cruises has scrapped all sailings until 15 October owing to coronavirus, writing off the summer ..

by The Editor
June 2, 2020
Business

UK coalmines operator Hargreaves Services to end mining next month

Durham-based Hargreaves Services, one of the largest remaining operators of surface mines in the UK,..

by The Editor
June 2, 2020
Business

House prices fall at fastest rate since 2009

House prices across the UK fell at the fastest rate last month since the financial crisis, as prospe..

by The Editor
June 2, 2020
Business

Shoppers number jump 31% as lockdown relaxed

Shoppers rushed back to high streets and retail parks on Monday as the reopening of car showrooms, m..

by The Editor
June 2, 2020
Business

UK manufacturing shows hint of recovery

Britains manufacturing sector has shown signs of recovering from the worst damage inflicted during t..

by The Editor
June 2, 2020
Business

Strong support for cutting UK stock market trading hours

A public consultation has found strong support for cutting stock market trading hours in the UK to h..

by The Editor
June 2, 2020
Business

Multiple insurers back down on coronavirus policy dispute

Multiple insurers have admitted they are liable to pay company owners under business interruption in..

by The Editor
June 2, 2020
Business

UK car sales set to surge as showrooms reopen

The reopening of showrooms across England on Monday may give the UK car industry a much-needed filli..

by The Editor
May 31, 2020
Business

Pubs to reopen in just FOUR WEEKS as Brits told pints in beer gardens possible in July

PUBS with beer gardens are expected to reopen first with pints being pulled in July at the earliest,..

by The Editor
May 30, 2020
Business/Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak confirms furlough scheme to be gradually withdrawn

Rishi Sunak has confirmed the Treasury is to gradually withdraw its job retention scheme over the ne..

by The Editor
May 29, 2020
Business/Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak confirms furlough scheme to be gradually withdrawn

Rishi Sunak has confirmed the Treasury is to gradually withdraw its job retention scheme over the ne..

by The Editor
May 29, 2020
Business

British Airways may outsource work of 450 redundant employees

British Airways is proposing to outsource work being done by at least 450 employees it is making red..

by The Editor
May 29, 2020
Business

British Airways may outsource work of 450 redundant employees

British Airways is proposing to outsource work being done by at least 450 employees it is making red..

by The Editor
May 29, 2020
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