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London Stock Exchange

FTSE recovers from five-month lows to post small gain on quiet day for traders

Chancellor Rishi Sunak (right) with Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, hosting a roundtable for business representatives at Franco Manca in Waterloo, London

How will the Chancellor’s new Covid support package be paid for?

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Sunak pledges billions to support firms and workers hit by coronavirus restrictions

O2

O2’s 5G network available in over 100 UK towns and cities a year after launching

A face covering information sign

The new coronavirus support package: How does it compare to other schemes?

Coronavirus – Tue Aug 4, 2020

Companies borrow another £4.6 billion in Covid-19 relief

CBI

Aerospace slump hitting manufacturing although signs of growth elsewhere – CBI

First-time buyers

Nearly half of first-time buyers have been rejected for a mortgage, survey finds

The Viagogo home page

Viagogo faces forced sale of StubHub after competition probe

Hospital operation

LV= anticipates jump in cancer claims in 2021

A row of houses

Countrywide agrees £90m private equity investment to slash debt pile

Unilever results

Unilever ice cream sales take summer hit, but soap and bleach remain popular

British Airways planes

IAG loses £1.2bn in three months and cuts planned operations

Travis Perkins

DIY boom sees sales recover at Wickes owner Travis Perkins

Shoppers wearing protective face masks in Dudley

FCA: Financial stress of Covid hit ethnic minorities and young people hardest

Pay levels

Devastating impact of virus crisis on pay revealed

Payment holidays

4.4m payment holidays granted to struggling borrowers

Bank transfer scams

Bank transfer scam victims ‘should be given stronger protections post-Brexit’