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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey

Lib Dems call for ‘bold’ £5.5bn tax break for small businesses

Men in hard-hats stand in front of an oil separator

Saudi Aramco annual profits drop by almost half

A plane about to land

Holiday money hoarders ‘keeping £3.5bn of foreign currency at home in total’

Stock market

Global equity markets close in red after Fed decision keeps sentiment low

Cineworld

Cineworld to deliver sharp sales slump after theatre closures

David Cameron reportedly lobbied on behalf of Greensill

Answers demanded over claims Cameron lobbied for administration-hit Greensill

In-game footage

UK gaming market hit record £7bn in 2020 during lockdown boom, industry body says

Hand sanitisers and hygiene were big business in the pandemic (Philip Toscano/PA)

Hygiene, pet stores, outsourcers and builders – business winners from pandemic

Transport for London is considering a Government offer to extend financial support by seven weeks (Victoria Jones/PA)

Transport for London considering offer of short-term extension to bailout

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs junior bankers condemn 98-hour working week

St Mawes in Cornwall

Cornwall overtakes London as most searched-for place to live

A Taylor Wimpey sign

Housebuilders Countryside and Taylor Wimpey warned over unfair leaseholds

Universal van

Halfords snaps up Kent-based tyre specialists for £15m

Rishi Sunak

Government borrowing hits February record to pay for Covid-19 response

A pub

Wetherspoon chalks up loss as pubs remain closed

NatWest

Treasury banks £1.1 billion in latest NatWest share sale

A shopper stares at empty shelves in a Sainsbury’s store in London after people began panic buying due to the coronavirus pandemic (Yui Mok/PA)

Dramatic change to shopping habits since first lockdown, say retail leaders

Openreach

First areas to benefit from £5 billion gigabit broadband upgrade plan announced