Rishi Sunak announces new furlough scheme as tough curbs loom in parts of England Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Rishi Sunak has attempted to head off… »
Almost 700,000 people, many of them young, have left company payrolls since March Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The number of redundancies in the UK has… »
GDP falls 20.4% – the worst of any G7 nation in the three months to June UK falls into recession – live business update Analysis: a full recovery from the… »
Youngest and oldest bearing brunt of crisis largely caused by coronavirus pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Almost three-quarters of a million jobs have been lost… »
Closure of Italian restaurants comes as part of rescue takeover by TowerBrook Capital Partners Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The owner of Ask Italian and Zizzi… »
Chemist shuts 48 opticians and department store group shuts eight of its 50 stores Boots and John Lewis have announced plans to cut 5,300 jobs and close stores on another… »
Economic experts, unions and Labour sound warning after summer statement Rishi Sunak has been warned he will need to act far more decisively to prevent mass unemployment this autumn after… »
Harrods and Arcadia shed 1,200 jobs as John Lewis warns of staff and bonus cuts Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than 6,000 retail jobs were… »
Rishi Sunak says programme will run for further four months as coronavirus crisis continues Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The chancellor has extended the government’s coronavirus… »
UK chancellor set to scale back job retention measure as coronavirus lockdown eases The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is preparing to wind down the coronavirus wage-subsidy scheme for workers from July… »
Employers say furlough scheme could become ‘waiting room for redundancies’ if it ends in June Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK government’s plan to subsidise… »
BA boss says more than one in four jobs could go as coronavirus causes global collapse in air travel British Airways has set out plans to make up to 12,000… »
Proposal could result in closure of most of energy company’s sites in UK The energy giant npower is to cut up to 4,500 jobs as part of a major cost-cutting… »
Demonstrators gather outside evangelical church linked to owners of collapsed bus maker About 500 former Wrightbus employees and their families have held a protest outside a church linked to millions… »
William Hill may shut 700 shops as it looks to offset £820m loss from FOBT reform A quarter of betting shops on UK high streets have been slated for closure,… »
Reports claim retail giant plans to axe butchers and fishmongers, and trim bakeries among other cuts Tesco is embarking on a fresh round of aggressive cost-cutting in its UK supermarket… »
JLR to cut 5,000 jobs with US carmaker set to trim European production Jaguar Land Rover and Ford are to slash thousands of jobs, with some of the cuts expected… »
Analysts say carmaker will outline job cuts in new year as part of drive to combat Brexit and falling sales Jaguar Land Rover is planning to announce thousands of job… »
Former party leader has whip removed over comments following publication of Equality and Human Rights Commission inquiry Jeremy Corbyn suspended from Labour over EHRC comments Keir Starmer: EHRC report is… »
President calls for firmness and unity after man with knife kills three people in church France will not give in to terror, Emmanuel Macron has said in a call for… »
