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US Election 2020

Markets hopeful of a Biden presidency and Republican senate

Small businesses

Banks must act responsibly when collecting Covid loans from businesses – FCA

Debit card spending

Debit card spending jumps as England prepares for lockdown 2.0, figures show

A second supermarket giant has cut fuel prices following a reduction in wholesale costs (Lewis Whyld/PA)

Second supermarket cuts fuel prices amid drop in wholesale costs

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Second lockdown will have ‘significant’ impact on economy, warns Chancellor

A hammer smashing a piggy bank

No new blanket £500 interest-free buffers for overdraft customers

John Lewis

Job losses: Major cuts since the start of the pandemic

Boris Johnson addresses the CBI conference via video message

Johnson promises businesses that England lockdown will end on December 2

John Lewis shop

John Lewis Partnership to slash up to 1,500 head office jobs

A Clarks shoe shop

Clarks shoe chain rescued in £100m deal

Lloyds branch

Lloyds Banking Group to cut another 1,070 jobs

Eat Out to Help Out sign

First arrests over alleged fraud in Eat Out to Help Out and loans schemes

An employee moves a pub table off the street

Services sector growth slows with slumps in hospitality, travel and leisure

Mitie

Mitie cuts price for Interserve arm acquisition

Shepherd Neame's Samuel Pepys pub in London

Shepherd Neame hopes to emerge from Covid crisis in ‘position of strength’

London Stock Exchange

London trading volatile with US election on knife-edge

Crispin Odey

Crispin Odey steps down from hedge fund after 29 years

Beer being served at a pub

Takeaway beers allowed in England after Government U-turn on lockdown rules