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Business - Page 14

Business

Low-paid workers bear brunt of coronavirus recession

Almost a third of Britains lowest-paid workers have lost their job or been furloughed in the past tw..

by The Editor
May 17, 2020
Business

Low-paid workers bear brunt of coronavirus recession

Almost a third of Britains lowest-paid workers have lost their job or been furloughed in the past tw..

by The Editor
May 17, 2020
Business

Royal Mail chief quits with immediate effect

The Royal Mail chief executive, Rico Back, has stepped down with immediate effect in a surprise depa..

by The Editor
May 15, 2020
Business

TfL to raise congestion charge by 30%

Transport for London, TfL, is to raise the congestion charge by 30%, temporarily stop free travel fo..

by The Editor
May 15, 2020
Business

Lloyd’s of London expects up to £3.5bn in coronavirus payouts

Lloyds of London, the worlds biggest insurance market, expects to pay out between $3bn (£2.4bn) and ..

by The Editor
May 14, 2020
Business

Richard Branson succumbs to pressure

VIRGIN Atlantic has announced it will fly to 24 destinations in 2021 after the Government suggested ..

by The Editor
May 13, 2020
Business

UK property market could fall 13%

Economists and housing experts are forecasting UK-wide price falls of up to 13%, with “brutal” decli..

by The Editor
May 13, 2020
Business

Aston Martin makes £119m loss in first quarter of 2020

Aston Martin Lagondas losses ballooned to £119m in the first three months of the year as the coronav..

by The Editor
May 13, 2020
Business

Tui warns of 8,000 job losses as travel firm faces ‘greatest crisis’

Tui plans to cut up to 8,000 jobs in response to the coronavirus chaos engulfing the tourism industr..

by The Editor
May 13, 2020
Business

Retailers warn of shop closures and job losses

Britains retailers have warned of the mounting risk of shop closures and job losses across the count..

by The Editor
May 13, 2020
Business

Green energy firms on track to deliver multibillion-pound windfarms

Britains biggest green energy companies are on track to deliver multibillion-pound windfarm investme..

by The Editor
May 13, 2020
Business

Ryanair passengers will have to ask to use toilet

Passengers travelling with Ryanair will have to ask permission to use the toilet under new rules lai..

by The Editor
May 13, 2020
Business

Morrisons sales up as it doubles online delivery slots

Morrisons online grocery store is set to pass £1bn in annual sales by next spring after doubling the..

by The Editor
May 12, 2020
Business

Healthcare firm advised by Owen Paterson won £133m coronavirus testing contract unopposed

A healthcare firm which employs the prominent Conservative politician Owen Paterson as a paid consul..

by The Editor
May 11, 2020
Business

Carmaking starts up again as Bentley and Toyota workers return

The government on Monday published its plan to restart the economy, including reiterating its advice..

by The Editor
May 11, 2020
Business

Huge demand for cycles during lockdown

The coronavirus lockdown has led to a boom in bicycle sales that appears set to accelerate as the go..

by The Editor
May 11, 2020
Business

Sports in England get June green light to resume

The UK government has given permission for the Premier League and other professional sports to retur..

by The Editor
May 11, 2020
Business

Lloyds rushes to fix flaw that stopped firms receiving Covid loans

Lloyds Banking Group is rushing to fix a fault that left subsidiaries of foreign companies strugglin..

by The Editor
May 11, 2020
Business

Unemployment due to Covid-19 is surely worth more than a footnote

The number of jobless people in the US rose by more than 20 million in April, something deemed worth..

by The Editor
May 10, 2020
Business

UK lenders have granted nearly 1.2m payment holidays

UK lenders have granted nearly 1.2 m payment holidays on credit cards and personal loans for custome..

by The Editor
May 8, 2020
Business

Homebuyers ‘plotting move to country’

After the lockdown, the exodus. Estate agents are reporting a surge in the numbers of would-be homeb..

by The Editor
May 8, 2020
Business

Economy to shrink by 14%, warns Bank of England

The Bank of England has warned the British economy could shrink by 14% this year and unemployment mo..

by The Editor
May 7, 2020
Business

Economy to shrink by 14%, warns Bank of England

The Bank of England has warned the British economy could shrink by 14% this year and unemployment mo..

by The Editor
May 7, 2020
Business

BT suspends dividend to free up 5G and broadband investment

BT has scrapped its dividend for the first time in more than a decade to free up billions to invest ..

by The Editor
May 7, 2020
Business

BT suspends dividend to free up 5G and broadband investment

BT has scrapped its dividend for the first time in more than a decade to free up billions to invest ..

by The Editor
May 7, 2020
Business

Don’t expect a snapback for the UK economy after lockdown is lifted

In a way, Britain should have been the country best prepared for the devastating impact of Covid-19 ..

by The Editor
May 7, 2020
Business

Don’t expect a snapback for the UK economy after lockdown is lifted

In a way, Britain should have been the country best prepared for the devastating impact of Covid-19 ..

by The Editor
May 7, 2020
Business

UK online grocery sales likely to surge by a quarter

Online grocery sales are expected to surge by more than a quarter this year as the coronavirus lockd..

by The Editor
May 5, 2020
Business

UK online grocery sales likely to surge by a quarter

Online grocery sales are expected to surge by more than a quarter this year as the coronavirus lockd..

by The Editor
May 5, 2020
Business

UK car sales plunge to lowest since 1946

The UK car market ground to a halt in April, with new vehicle sales plunging by 97% to the lowest le..

by The Editor
May 5, 2020
Business

Food deliveries to vulnerable in UK ‘need better coordination’

Consumer and disability rights groups have called on the government urgently improve the coordinatio..

by The Editor
May 5, 2020
Business

UK car sales plunge to lowest since 1946

The UK car market ground to a halt in April, with new vehicle sales plunging by 97% to the lowest le..

by The Editor
May 5, 2020
Business

Food deliveries to vulnerable in UK ‘need better coordination’

Consumer and disability rights groups have called on the government urgently improve the coordinatio..

by The Editor
May 5, 2020
Business

UK’s biggest P2P lender halves interest rates

The UKs biggest “peer-to-peer” (P2P) lender, RateSetter, has slashed the interest rates it offers to..

by The Editor
May 5, 2020
Business

How to avoid a W-shaped global coronavirus recession

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” George Santayana famously quipped in..

by The Editor
May 4, 2020
Business

UK firms join forces to sue Hiscox over insurance

Two groups representing around 500 businesses which have insurance policies with Hiscox have joined ..

by The Editor
May 3, 2020
Business

Boots to provide help for domestic abuse victims

Domestic abuse victims will be able to access safe spaces at Boots pharmacies across the country fro..

by The Editor
May 1, 2020
Business

Make UK: More help needed for British industrial sector

The government may need to take a stake in parts of Britains struggling industrial sector to help co..

by The Editor
May 1, 2020
Business

RBS profits halve as bank takes £800m coronavirus hit

Profits at Royal Bank of Scotland halved in the first quarter after the taxpayer-owned bank set asid..

by The Editor
May 1, 2020
Business

Ryanair to cut 3,000 jobs as coronavirus grounds flights

Ryanair is planning to cut 3,000 jobs and reduce staff pay by up to a fifth in response to the Covid..

by The Editor
May 1, 2020
Business

Shell cuts dividend for first time since 1945 amid oil price collapse

Royal Dutch Shell has cut its shareholder dividend for the first time since the second world war fol..

by The Editor
April 30, 2020
Business

Lloyds bank profits crash 95% to cover expected surge in bad debts

Profits at Lloyds Banking Group collapsed in the first quarter, crashing 95% after the bank was forc..

by The Editor
April 30, 2020
Business

UK car production plunged in March to lowest level

UK car production plunged by more than a third in March to its lowest since 2009 as the coronavirus ..

by The Editor
April 30, 2020
Business

Next warns sales will fall ‘faster and steeper’ than expected in pandemic

Next is cancelling its dividend and share buyback programme to save £480m as it warned sales would f..

by The Editor
April 29, 2020
Business

Flexible working will be norm after lockdown, say Barclays and WPP bosses

The chief executives of Barclays and WPP are predicting an end to crowded city centre offices and ru..

by The Editor
April 29, 2020
Business

British Airways plans to make up to 12,000 staff redundant

British Airways has set out plans to make up to 12,000 of its staff redundant because of the global ..

by The Editor
April 29, 2020
Business

HSBC profit nearly halves due to coronavirus outbreak

HSBC profits nearly halved in the first quarter after the bank was forced to put aside $3bn (£2.4bn)..

by The Editor
April 28, 2020
Business

Marks & Spencer scraps shareholder payout

Marks and Spencer has scrapped next years dividend as it looks to cut costs and preserve cash, warni..

by The Editor
April 28, 2020
Business

UK’s lowest paid most at risks during Covid-19 crisis

Britains lowest-paid workers, women and young adults have jobs with the biggest health and economic ..

by The Editor
April 28, 2020
Business

Clergy criticise tax havens firms seek coronavirus cash

Senior members of the clergy including Rowan Williams, the former archbishop of Canterbury, have sai..

by The Editor
April 27, 2020
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