LATEST BUSINESS NEWS

Coronavirus – Fri Oct 22, 2021

Nights out to become ‘considerably more expensive’ as clubs plan price rises

A shopping arcade

Furniture and appliances help drive January rebound in retail sales

Energy drinks

Up to one in three UK children consuming caffeinated energy drinks – study

Hospitality industry

More than 250 hospitality business leaders call for VAT cut to be held

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks pub

‘England’s oldest pub’ to reopen as soon as possible after closing due to Covid

London skyline

Traders buoyed by US jobs data despite fears of interest rate rises

Asda sign

Asda to increase Smart Price products’ availability after Jack Monroe complaints

A Wizz Air plane

Danish pension giant dumps shares in Wizz Air over alleged labour abuses

LV= offices

LV= in talks with Royal London over merger as more directors leave

Michael Gove

Northern business leaders criticise levelling up promises

Pets at Home store

Lyssa McGowan appointed next chief of Pets at Home

Postmaster Umesh Sanghani and his wife Rashmita with the new 50p coin

Platinum Jubilee 50p is rolled out by the Post Office

People look in an estate agent's window

Average UK house price is £24,500 higher than a year ago, says Halifax

Jennie Daly

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey names Jennie Daly as next chief executive

Apprentices training at EEF Apprentices and Skills Centre

Firms pledge to create thousands of new apprenticeships

Gabriella Jardine is the Royal Horticultural Society’s second-ever female arborist apprentice (RHS/Guy Harrop/PA)

Royal Horticultural Society’s second female arborist hopes to inspire others

German Doner Kebab food

German Doner Kebab set to open 78 restaurants this year

Cladding

Government has ‘failed to close regional divides on high-tech jobs’ – Nandy