LATEST BUSINESS NEWS

House prices

House price growth will be brought to a standstill in 2021, says forecast

Royal Mint

New high-tech gold bullion coins can be authenticated by moving them in light

Shoppers queue while wearing face masks

One in 10 stores could disappear for good after £9bn of sales lost in 2020

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways reports £1.5bn losses

Director-general of the CBI, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn

Brexit deal ‘must’ be made as talks enter 11th hour, says CBI

An easyJet flight

EasyJet denies union rep’s reported claim that airline ‘hanging by a thread’

An A and E department

13% of children aspire to be a doctor and 3% want to be Prime Minister – survey

Shopping vouchers

Quarter of shoppers ‘had a voucher that expired during lockdown’

New music venue

New music and entertainment venue to be built in Manchester

London skyline

London markets make gains after Rolls-Royce and William Hill shares jump

A Tesco store

Tesco reinstates rationing on pasta, flour and toilet roll

Boohoo

Boohoo bosses did not feel responsible for underpaid factory workers, probe says

Pizza Hut restructuring

Pizza Hut creditors prepare to vote on restaurant closure plan

William Hill takover bids

William Hill shares surge after two takeover approaches

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak

Sunak warned of ‘1980s levels’ of unemployment despite emergency jobs package

Coronavirus loans

Public debt stays at record highs after borrowing in August hits £35.9bn

Revolution bar

Revolution Bars eyes closures as part of restructuring to avoid going bust

A deal has been reached to avoid pilot job cuts at easyJet

Deal agreed to avoid compulsory redundancies among easyJet pilots