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Number of people going financially insolvent fell by 5% in early 2021

Signage on a boohoo store in London (Ian West/PA)

‘Boom time for Boohoo’ as online retailer to unveil soaring lockdown sales

Barclays' Canary Wharf headquaters

Barclays shifts call centre operations to UK from India due to Covid crisis

Delivery centre workers

Online shopping surge boost cardboard box maker Smurfit Kappa

Customers queue outside a Barclays bank

Barclays notches up £2.4bn profit in just three months

Cannabis leaves

Greencare posts loss after pandemic and legislation hit investment opportunities

A vial of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine

AstraZeneca hits sales of nearly £200m from Covid-19 jabs

Houses

Average UK house price nearly £16,000 higher in April than a year ago

London City Airport's digital control tower

London City becomes world’s first major airport with remote air traffic control

A woman working from home

Most businesses will adopt hybrid working as a result of the pandemic – report

The M1 motorway

Average cost of motor insurance falls to lowest levels since 2016

Shutters come down at a shop as it closes

Empty shops surge across UK in first three months of 2021

Closed shops

Shop vacancies at six-year high amid ‘maelstrom wrought by pandemic’

Amazon stock

Amazon’s profit more than triples as pandemic boom continues

A NatWest bank sign

NatWest Group sees profits jump 82% as bad debt provisions cut

A smoker

European markets dip as tobacco firms hit by US menthol ban plans

A Ryanair plane

High Court rejects Ryanair’s reason for not compensating passengers – regulator

Passengers board an easyJet flight

EasyJet boss wants summer hotspots on green list due to ‘minimal’ impact