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Forecast

Barclays set for questions on negative rates and investment bank profits

Coronavirus

Job losses: Major cuts since the start of the pandemic

A woman waits outside a butchers in Ormskirk, Lancashire, that is offering a ‘lockdown freezer offer'

Lancashire to face toughest coronavirus restrictions as it enters Tier 3

Tim Martin

Wetherspoon boss urges Government to call time on 10pm pubs curfew

Tim Martin announces Wetherspoon results

Wetherspoon boss cannot ‘rule out’ job cuts as firm makes first loss since 1984

Working from home

Fifth of working parents report unfair treatment during pandemic, charity warns

Pret A Manger sign

Pret a Manger to axe 400 more jobs and shut six shops

Coronavirus

Toughest coronavirus restrictions to be introduced in Lancashire

British Airways planes

British Airways fined £20m over data hack

Serco

Serco says profits set to soar after Test and Trace contract extension

People wearing face coverings

Burnham trying to hold Government ‘over a barrel’ by resisting Tier 3 – Raab

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Instagram to tackle ‘hidden advertising’ after competition watchdog probe

Online shopping

Debit card spending hit record £59.1bn in July

A CrossCountry train

CrossCountry handed new three-year deal to run train services

A John Lewis store sign

More cost-cutting at John Lewis as company eyes £300m annual savings

Boris Johnson and Tim Martin behind the bar at a Wetherspoon pub

Wetherspoon sinks to first loss in 36 years over Covid-19

Coronavirus Burnham

Tories warn of growing discontent amid row over Manchester restrictions

A piggy bank and a £20 note

‘Concerning’ fall in self-employed pension savers over past two decades – IFS