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Insurance industry

Insurance industry standards ‘will help customers with mental health conditions’

A Greggs store

Job cuts loom at Greggs as end of furlough scheme nears

For sale signs

Number of house sales expected to top a million this year, says forecast

A 5G phone next to a telecoms mast near Wokingham, Berkshire

BT signs deal with Nokia as fallout from Huawei 5G ban takes effect

City of London

City watchdog files appeal ahead of business insurance claims deadline

Housing estate

Number of mortgage approvals made to home buyers highest since 2007

A Stratstone site

Pendragon back in profit after £44.1m first-half coronavirus hit

Mel Stride

British expats in EU ‘must be given sufficient warning if bank accounts close’

A B&M store

B&M to open up to 45 stores after sales surge during lockdown

Sofa chain ScS

Britons splashing out on homes help ScS recover after annual losses

Hotel Chocolat

Hotel Chocolat posts higher sales despite shutting stores in lockdown

Greggs

Greggs in talks to cut staff hours to ‘minimise risk of job losses’

Three men walk past the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool city centre (Peter Byrne/PA)

City leaders warn coronavirus restrictions could destroy hospitality sector

Home owners

Mortgage support reforms ‘needed to avoid risk of people losing their homes’

Coronavirus

Four in 10 companies fear job losses by December, survey shows

Rishi Sunak

Uncertainty means Sunak’s multi-year spending review must be scrapped, IFS says

Boris Johnson

PM to pledge life-long learning as part of post-pandemic jobs recovery plan

Brexit

Traders turn bullish on Brexit and interest rates hopes