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Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott keen to contribute ‘expertise’ to trade role

Tony Abbott

Ex-Australian PM Tony Abbott appointed to UK’s Board of Trade

Japan Financial Markets

European markets slide after sell-off in US tech stocks

Coronavirus job cuts

Job losses: Major cuts since the start of the pandemic

A Virgin Atlantic plane

Virgin Atlantic to cut 1,150 more jobs as it completes £1.2bn bailout

Boris Johnson visits an HS2 construction site in Solihull

UK ‘ready for any eventuality’ over EU trade deal negotiations – PM

House for sale

Campaigners call for leaseholds to be abolished as CMA vows action

Persimmon homes

Watchdog threatens to take big builders to court for misleading house-buyers

Morrisons sign

Morrisons set to reveal grocery sales momentum after lockdown boom

Construction site

40% of homes given planning permission between 2011 and 2019 not built – Shelter

Passengers head to work on Friday morning

More people travelling to work and fewer working exclusively from home – survey

Uber app stock

Uber launches car rental service in the UK

New cars

‘Disappointing’ 5.8% decline in new car market in August

A construction worker

UK construction sector suffers ‘setback’ as growth stalls in August

Road haulage

Haulage bosses demand meeting with ministers over Brexit border fears

Demand for new cars fell by around 5% last month, preliminary figures show (Jacob King/PA)

Demand for new cars falls by around 5% in August

Coronavirus – Sun May 3, 2020

Oil industry bet on rising plastic demand will not pay off, report suggests

Coronavirus

Footfall ‘not returning’ to city centres as office workers stay at home