BusinessRail watchdog demands lower fares and 'flexible season tickets'AEA3August 18, 2020 by AEA3August 18, 20200 ‘Tickets that fit the way we live and travel now are needed, not just season tickets designed for city gents in the last century’ –...
BusinessMarks & Spencer to cut 7,000 jobsAEA3August 18, 2020 by AEA3August 18, 20200 Clothes and homeware sales plummet due to pandemic, as high street chain says many stores still impacted by social distancing and reduced footfall...
BusinessSelf-employed people face six-week gap in government support as scheme reopensAEA3August 17, 2020 by AEA3August 17, 20200 Only workers who can prove their income was impacted after 14 July are eligible for grant – after shops, pubs and restaurants reopened...
BusinessJapan's economy shrinks at fastest pace on record, despite no coronavirus lockdownAEA3August 17, 2020 by AEA3August 17, 20200 World’s third largest economy reports biggest quarterly fall in GDP – but decline not as severe as US and Europe...
BusinessOil demand to fall further than expected this year after spike in Covid cases, says reportAEA3August 16, 2020 by AEA3August 16, 20200 Number of flights down 80 per cent in June and remained 67 per cent lower in July, says International Energy Agency...
BusinessDire state of UK jobs market revealed as 4,228 people apply for one entry-level vacancyAEA3August 16, 2020 by AEA3August 16, 20200 Companies are receiving thousands of applicants for roles that would normally attract only a handful, jobs website says...
BusinessPolice seize £115,000 in cryptocurrency linked to fraudulent coronavirus loan applicationsAEA3August 15, 2020 by AEA3August 15, 20200 Mule bank accounts – used to transfer criminal cash on behalf of others – used to receive proceeds of fraudulent applications to government’s Bounce Back...
BusinessArts and entertainment sectors face 'significant' job losses unless furlough extended, government warnedAEA3August 15, 2020 by AEA3August 15, 20200 Just 29 per cent of sector’s furloughed staff have returned to work, with many venues still closed...
BusinessRiver Island to cut 350 senior sales staff and managers as it struggles amid pandemicAEA3August 14, 2020 by AEA3August 14, 20200 High street fashion retailer makes hundreds redundant as it warns of ‘one of the most significant challenges’ it has ever faced...
BusinessFrance quarantine: No space on Channel crossings as race for home beginsAEA3August 14, 2020 by AEA3August 14, 20200 ‘The service is already very busy this weekend and there is no additional capacity’ – Eurotunnel...