High street chain Boots is planning to cut more than 4,000 jobs in a shake-up prompted by the “significant impact” of COVID-19. The announcement marks… Read More »5,000 jobs go at Boots and John Lewis as pandemic takes toll on retailers
Chancellor Rishi Sunak faces a tricky task in spending new money earmarked to help the economy recover from the pandemic as the total taxpayer bill… Read More »‘Tricky’ to deliver new stimulus as pandemic spending climbs to £190bn
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the government’s latest plans to stimulate Britain’s battered economy. Here are the key points: :: In August, everyone in the… Read More »Key points as Sunak pledges £1,000 for each furloughed employee brought back to work
Former partners at Bell Pottinger, the public relations firm which collapsed in 2017 amid a scandal over its work for one of South Africa’s wealthiest… Read More »Ex-Bell Pottinger bosses face boardroom ban after PR firm’s collapse
The cost of taxpayer subsidies for jobs has climbed above £35bn while the value of business loans underwritten by the government has reached £45bn, the… Read More »Cost of coronavirus job subsidy schemes tops £35bn
The private equity backer of one of Britain’s biggest networks of car repair workshops is hunting a new owner five years after it last changed… Read More »Carlyle hunts buyer for Nationwide Accident network
The UK construction industry saw a “steep rebound” in output during June as more building sites reopened due to the coronavirus lockdown easing. The closely-watched… Read More »‘Steep rebound’ in UK construction output as more sites reopen
Pilots’ union BALPA has told members it has reached an outline deal with British Airways (BA) management about job cuts and changes to pay and… Read More »Pilots’ union has reached outline deal with British Airways in fight to save jobs
The UK is poised to end the use of Huawei technology in its 5G network as soon as this year over security concerns. Boris Johnson… Read More »UK set to phase out Huawei from 5G network in major U-turn
One of Britain’s oldest regional newspaper groups has put itself up for sale as it races to find new investors willing to plug a funding… Read More »New European publisher Archant hunts new owners