LATEST BUSINESS NEWS

The City of London

Hays sees skills shortages push up wages as hiring bounces back

A man drinking in a pub

Pubs ‘to serve six million fewer pints this bank holiday than pre-Covid’

Supermarket sales

Driver shortage could push food prices higher, warn hauliers and supermarkets

A plane

Air arrivals down 87% on pre-Covid levels

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New data laws will focus on ‘common sense, not box-ticking’, says minister

Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy outside a Pure Gym

Pure Gym members flock back as Covid restrictions ease

A Sports Direct sign

New boss of Sports Direct owner could bag £100m shares bonus

New cars

Car production ‘plummeted’ in July

London's 'Walkie Talkie' building

Watchdog proposes new rules after series of audit failures

A Qantas plane sits on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport

Qantas planning to restart UK-Australia flights in December

A barber at work

Headcount to drop in consumer service sector next quarter, business group says

Houses

Burglaries rise 6% as people leave their homes after lockdown

Federal Reserve-Powell

Markets rises tentatively as traders wait for US Fed speech

Alex Salmond

SNP-Green deal ‘looks like student politics’, Alex Salmond claims

Gatwick Airport chief executive Stewart Wingate

Gatwick still planning to bring emergency runway into routine use

Pork scratchings

Pork scratchings recalled after nearly 180 people fall ill with salmonella

Tesco delivery lorry

Shops could see Christmas shortages over driver issues, Tesco chairman warns

A Clipper distribution centre

Clipper revenues bounce after retail sales swing further online