Covid: Furlough scheme set to wind down further
Employers will have to contribute more to the job support scheme before it is phased out in September....
‘We lost our life savings in a cryptocurrency scam’
A pensioner caught up in an investment saga lost it all, prompting warnings to others....
Car production hit by ‘pingdemic’ and global chip shortage
The UK industry says the demand is there but it is “desperately trying to get back to full capacity”....
International cruises to restart from UK
Quarantine for fully vaccinated arrivals from US and EU to UK ports also waived....
US economic recovery ‘making progress’, says Fed
Widespread vaccinations have helped boost the economy and employment, the US central bank says....
Housing market cools as stamp duty break withdrawn
UK house prices still rose by 10.5% compared with a year ago, Nationwide building society says....
Covid test plan a ‘pointless solution’ says Iceland boss
Supermarket boss says government scheme only fixes half the issue because it excludes store workers....
Cannabis part of the future says tobacco giant
British American Tobacco says its future lies in getting people to switch to nicotine alternatives....
Fully-jabbed from EU and US could avoid quarantine
Senior cabinet ministers are due to discuss the move for arrivals to England in a meeting on Wednesday....
Tech giants’ profits soar as pandemic boom continues
Apple, Google parent company Alphabet and Microsoft report soaring quarterly profits....