UK car production plunges 44% as industry reels from effects of pandemic and Brexit
Production losses due to the crisis have cost manufacturers more than £9.5bn so far this year, it was estimated, while at least 13,500 jobs have...
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How a four-day week could boost the economy after coronavirus
The government needs to be creative to get the country back on its feet – and a shorter working week could be the answer. But...
Pay rises ‘plummet’ to lowest levels in a decade
Public sector pay rises were worth more than those in the private sector over the last year, Samuel Osborne reports...
Coronavirus: How can Rishi Sunak protect jobs when furlough scheme ends?
The chancellor is said to be weighing up options for additional support to prevent hundreds of thousands of people potentially losing their jobs – but...
From Amazon and Zoom to your local corner shop: The businesses thriving after six months of lockdown
Technology giants are not the only beneficiaries of significant shifts in how we work, shop and socialise, writes Ben Chapman...
What do the new coronavirus restrictions mean for the economy?
Does it mean a return to recession? Or just a slower recovery? And what are the implications for unemployment? Ben Chu looks at the evidence ...
Coronavirus: Premier Inn owner Whitbread to cut 6,000 jobs
Proposal could affect 18 per cent of group’s employees ...
HSBC share price tumbles to lowest since 1995 after money-laundering allegations
Investors sell off shares after leaked files allegedly show banks moved billions of dollars suspected to be proceeds of crime ...
World’s top banks must stop funding factory farming to prevent future pandemics, say campaigners
Jane Goodall and nearly 100 other experts call on IMF and other financial giants to halt lending hundreds of billions of pounds to industrial agriculture...
Meet the MD of Peloton – whose exercise bikes were snapped up in lockdown
Andy Martin speaks to Kevin Cornils about the stationary bicycle that’s taking off, with its 22-inch screen, life-affirming trainers and community of competitors...