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A Topshop store

Former Arcadia staff to launch legal battle over redundancies

A French Connection store

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group sells French Connection stake amid takeover interest

A Dorothy Perkins Burton shop

Around 2,500 jobs lost as Boohoo snaps up Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton

Coronavirus – Fri May 1, 2020

Tesco urges Chancellor to hit online retailers with sales tax

Housebuilding

Body will help strengthen protections for buyers of new-build homes

Knives and forks

Losses at restaurants doubled even before lockdown, study suggests

A coffin being carried at a funeral

Women ‘more likely to create a will due to coronavirus pandemic’

Shops in Edinburgh

Private sector downturn continues as lockdown takes its toll, report finds

Business lending

Business borrowing soared but credit card usage plunged in 2020

Amazon saw profits in the UK rise to almost £20 billion last year

Amazon could be hit by online sales tax under business rates review

Ocado full M&S Food range

Ocado set to reveal latest lockdown sales jump

Regular lateral flow testing is to be made available to firms that employ more than 50 people

Mass Covid testing to be expanded to businesses with more than 50 staff

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (Jack Hill/The Times/PA)

Chancellor offers businesses more time to make first Covid loans repayment

Coronavirus vaccine

Half of UK adults should receive Covid-19 vaccine by May, Government says

People in Terminal 2 arrivals at London Heathrow

Minutes show Sage warned ‘complete’ border closure needed to stop new variants

Coronavirus vaccine

Pound jumps on vaccine news but pushes FTSE down

A hotel sign at Heathrow

Government races to book hotel rooms to quarantine travellers

Marks and Spencer food delivery from Ocado

Ocado set to reveal latest lockdown sales jump