LATEST BUSINESS NEWS

John Lewis stores reopening on April 12.

Retailers announce April 12 reopening plans for bricks and mortar outlets

New cars

New car sales up 11.5% in March

HomeServe's London-listed shares fell after the news

HomeServe expects £10m profit hike amid US expansion

Demand for new cars grew by 11% last month compared with March 2020

New car sales up 11% in March

Sage Group has sold its Swiss business for £33m

Accounting software firm Sage Group sells off Swiss business for £39m

A BP forecourt sign

BP hits debt target early after making billions from disposals

Iceland shop

Iceland boss backs calls for digital sales tax to aid high street revival

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Recovery loans of up to £10m available to businesses requiring support

Boris Johnson warned that the UK must be 'realistic' over the resumption of foreign holidays (Yui Mok/PA)

UK must be ‘realistic’ about restart of foreign holidays – PM

GameStop

GameStop to sell 3.5m shares after stock frenzy boosts price

LG sign

South Korea’s LG to exit loss-making mobile phone business

Office workers

Women still under-represented in the boardroom, report claims

People on bicycles

Local offices ‘could let staff walk to work in 15 minutes after Covid’

People looking in an estate agent's window

First-time buyers ‘£800 a year better off than renters typically’

Boris Johnson reads a newspaper while sitting by a window on a plane

Airlines call on Boris Johnson for green light for take-off within weeks

Debenhams administration

Almost 190,000 retail jobs axed in high street turmoil since first lockdown

Luxury camping at a farm

Staycation firms see ‘huge demand’ for planned April 12 reopening

Pet kittens

Pet insurance claims for cats at record high in 2020