Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as UK public borrowing soars to £62bn in a single month and retail sales slump by 18% UK borrowed £62bn last… Read more »
Call to extend £60,000 payouts for NHS staff relatives to others on frontline such as bus drivers Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The families of bus… Read more »
Government, business and NHS leaders ask people to leave enough supplies for others Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK government is urging people to “be… Read more »
Plans would help with panic-buying brought on by escalation of coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus – latest updates British supermarkets have drawn up “feed the nation” contingency plans that would help the… Read more »
‘Economically inactive’ Britons could do jobs in sectors where there are shortages under new system, home secretary says Companies will need to train more British workers to fill vacancies when… Read more »
Separate report says almost 300k retail roles mostly held by women cut in past decade UK high streets have shed more than 140,000 jobs this year as store closures and… Read more »
Supermarket halts production in China after six-year-old girl finds plea for help inside card Tesco says it has suspended production at a factory in China alleged to have forced foreign… Read more »
Exclusive: UK supermarkets admit there may be soya-led deforestation in their supply chains due to problems with traceability Rise of the ‘wonder bean’: from deforestation to your plate Home to… Read more »
Residents of the town, a trading centre since 1251, are bracing for the closure of the market next month Almost 800 years after Rochdale received the royal charter that made… Read more »
Government urged to step in over crisis that has cost tens of thousands of jobs Retailers and unions are calling for urgent government action to help struggling high streets as… Read more »
Mike Ashley group warned of ‘terminal’ House of Fraser problems and £605m tax bill Shares in Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct crashed by more than a quarter after the retailer’s disastrous… Read more »
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,… Read more »
Oxford store offers refillable options for items such as alcohol, rice and cleaning materials Waitrose has unveiled its vision of environmentally conscious shopping, offering customers the chance to buy food… Read more »
Sports Direct boss seeks to prevent lender takeover that would wipe out his stake Mike Ashley has offered to underwrite a £150m shareholder rescue fundraising for Debenhams if the ailing… Read more »
Managing director says book chain ‘simply not profitable enough’, as Sally Rooney, Val McDermid and other authors write to protest More than 1,300 writers including Kerry Hudson, David Nicholls, Sally… Read more »
As many as 500 jobs at risk after owners fail to find new financial backer The upmarket fashion chain LK Bennett has collapsed into administration, putting 500 jobs at risk,… Read more »
Over 100 workers claim to have been sacked after protesting about low wages at factory that makes ‘girl power’ T-shirts Charity “girl power” T-shirts sold in the UK are made… Read more »
Businesswoman had refused to resign after allegations of inappropriate behaviour against tycoon Karren Brady has resigned as chair of Sir Philip Green’s retail empire, a fortnight after insisting she had… Read more »
Businessman faces string of allegations by employees after injunction is lifted Philip Green allegedly subjected people working in his business empire to abuse and other inappropriate behaviour that was at… Read more »
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… Read more »
P&O opts for Cypriot flag, Sony confirms HQ move and Pets at Home stockpiles cat food The scale of no-deal panic gripping major companies has been thrown into sharp focus… Read more »
Bangladeshi firm that made charity Spice Girls T-shirts also works with major UK retailers Revealed: Spice Girls T-shirts made in factory paying staff 35p an hour Tesco, Marks & Spencer… Read more »
Retailer’s chairman Ian Cheshire steps down and CEO Sergio Bucher leaves board The chairman and chief executive of Debenhams have been ousted from the retailer’s boardroom after two major shareholders… Read more »
Weak consumer demand prompts department store chain to consider scrapping bonus for first time since 1953 John Lewis may suspend its staff bonus this year in the wake of the… Read more »
Chains including Debenhams, House of Fraser, Topshop and New Look offer big discounts Struggling retailers are hoping for a late burst of trade on Monday as bargain hunting Britons take… Read more »
Government strategy to make ‘polluter pay’, with penalties for difficult to recycle items Retailers and producers of packaging will be forced to pay the full cost of collecting and recycling… Read more »
Downturn for fashion retailer suggests high street malaise is spreading to online companies Asos has issued an unexpected profit warning after a poor November, becoming the latest retailer to be… Read more »
Surrey-made £16 bubbly outclasses foreign rivals such as prosecco, cava and crémant A £16 English sparkling wine made in Surrey has triumphed in an annual consumer taste test of supermarket… Read more »
Clearcast says it had to shut Facebook page after it blocked film for being too political The body responsible for blocking Iceland’s Christmas ad had to remove staff pictures from… Read more »
Exclusive: ministers seeking to make firms pay more towards recycling their own waste Supermarkets, retailers and major drinks brands are set to pay tens of millions of pounds more towards… Read more »
MILLIONS of renters will be protected from eviction for another two months, ministers have announced. Robert Jenrick said he was extending the ban on landlords booting tenants out to create… Read more »
Contracts for a number of coronavirus data deals that the UK government inked in haste with US tech giants, including Google and Palantir, plus a UK-based AI firm called Faculty,… Read more »
