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New houses under construction

Crest ups profit outlook but sees ‘fresh challenges’ of new lockdown

G4S discrimination helpline contract

G4S rejects another offer as bidding war kicks off

Pension savings

Only 3% have stopped paying into pensions since lockdown started, survey finds

IWG office

Office group IWG buoyed by returning workers before second lockdown

Cash

Amigo warns over compensation profit hit and delay to restarting lending

A Primark store

Primark owner eyes longer opening hours when stores reopen before Christmas

Holiday cancellations

Over £1bn in refunds being withheld for cancelled holidays, Which? estimates

Closed businesses

Labour calls for cross-party talks on six-month economic support plan

Coronavirus – Fri May 1, 2020

Ryanair records 197 million euro loss and expects higher deficits

Rishi Sunak

Support for self-employed extended as England prepares for lockdown 2.0

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Markets gain despite new coronavirus restrictions

Christmas

Johnson sees a ‘brighter future’ for Christmas shopping if R rate falls

Rishi Sunak

Businesses to be allowed to top up Covid loans under Government plans

Lok Leicester

Demand for storing pub furniture and office desks boost Lok’nStore

Coronavirus vaccine trials

Questions raised over speech by vaccine taskforce chair to investors

A shopper walks past a Christmas window display on Oxford Street

New lockdown ‘will be less economically damaging than first’

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak

Sunak a key player in delaying coronavirus lockdown, says Starmer

Coronavirus

Pub owners and campaigners criticise ‘nonsensical’ restrictions on takeaway beer