LATEST BUSINESS NEWS

Coronavirus – Fri Dec 24, 2021

Which retailers were the winners and losers over Christmas?

An E.ON gas card

E.ON apologises for sending customers free socks during energy crisis

B&M

B&M’s billionaire brothers sell £230m stake

Currys store

Currys sales slide as supply disruption hits key tech products

High street shoppers

Economy surged ahead of Omicron outbreak

Cineworld cinema

Bumper Spider-Man audiences spark Cineworld recovery

Google investment

Google announces £762m investment to buy UK office site

A woman uses her smartphone under a Facebook logo

Legal action against Facebook seeks compensation for 44 million UK users

Holiday homes

No more tax breaks for second home owners with false holiday lets

Barclays Bank Stock

Banks pull FTSE to another two-year high

Marks and Spencer branch

M&S rebrands Midget Gems to avoid offending people with dwarfism

An "out of stock" sign for LFTs

Businesses warn over LFT stocks after cut in self-isolation days

Gas hob

Ovo workers ‘devastated’ at plans to cut 1,700 jobs

Bank cards and pound coins

‘Card charges are adding to costs for hard-pressed businesses’

Credit cards

Zero-interest periods offered on credit cards expected to increase

An Asos model

Asos takes a hit from Omicron as supply chain costs soar

Coronavirus – Wed Dec 29, 2021

Pubs and restaurants suffer ‘lost Christmas’ as sales plummet

A branch of Next

Next cuts sick pay for unvaccinated workers in self-isolation