LATEST BUSINESS NEWS

Mortgage support

Extended support for struggling mortgage borrowers confirmed

Bank cards

Record 62% of debit card payments were contactless in August

EasyJet plane

EasyJet nosedives into the red with first ever full-year loss

Vodafone's European mast business Vantage Towers

Vodafone says Vantage Towers mast spin-off to pay significant dividends

Brexit transition deadline

PM urged to agree post-Brexit ‘adjustment period’ of up to six months with EU

A cigarette burning on an ashtray

Revenues rise at tobacco firm Imperial despite weak e-cigarette sales

Online shopping

Avoid electronics from online marketplace sellers this Christmas, charity warns

Coronavirus vaccine news

FTSE reaches five-month high on new vaccine results

Renewable energy

Companies with green ambitions unveiled as COP26 climate summit sponsors

Dartmoor

Living in a national park ‘can potentially boost house prices by 20%’

BSA motorbikes

Indian billionaire plans return for classic British motorbike brand BSA

A cash machine

Britain ‘among countries experiencing steep decline in cash use amid pandemic’

Coins and notes

More than half of employees ‘have not planned their finances beyond 2020’

A port

Calais warns hauliers of ‘difficult’ consequences of wrong post-Brexit paperwork

The Supreme Court

Landmark £1.2bn battle over coronavirus insurance claims begins at Supreme Court

Mitchells & Butlers results

All Bar One owner Mitchells & Butlers to axe 20 pubs and restaurants

Savings bonds

Average one-year bond rate falls to record low

Matt Hancock says Government has had to work with a broad range of companies in the private sector

Hancock defends ‘unbelievable’ range of private-sector deals during pandemic