LATEST BUSINESS NEWS

Coronavirus – Sat Apr 24, 2021

Services sector growth up by fastest pace for eight months despite price hikes

A petrol pump

Average petrol price exceeds £1.52 per litre for first time

Horseracing

Ladbrokes owner to pay back some furlough cash as profits soar

Cigarettes

Introduce price cap on cigarettes to reduce smoking – study

ITVX logo

What ITV will offer on its new on-demand streaming service

Oil prices

Ukraine crisis sends oil prices surging to 10-year high

Coca-cola can

Coca-Cola bottler halts Ukraine production and evacuates staff

A London Stock Exchange Group sign

London Stock Exchange suspends trading in 28 Russian-linked listings

World Book Day postboxes

Special postboxes celebrating authors will mark World Book Day

An Amazon Books store at the Westfield Garden State Plaza shopping centre in Paramus, New Jersey

Amazon to close all its bookstores in US and UK

Nicola Sturgeon

Sturgeon hails economic strategy despite STUC criticism

A view of the London Stock Exchange sign in the City of London

London and Wall Street markets recover despite Ukraine worries

Tube sign

Fresh misery for London travellers as Tube workers strike again

A protester outside the Royal Courts of Justice

‘How long can Post Office hide from paying proper compensation?’

Asos

Asos ends sales in Russia after Ukraine invasion

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Oil and gas prices soar as Ukraine conflict intensifies

Aviva

Aviva reveals plans to sell off Russian equity investments

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary

Ryanair better protected against rising oil prices than rivals – Michael O’Leary