Lufthansa airlifts food to the UK amid lorry chaos
The German airline is to fly in fresh fruit and vegetables as firms try to beat chaos at sea ports...
Whitbread: Premier Inn owner asks landlords for rent cut
Trading at Whitbread, which also owns the Beefeater chain, has been hit by pandemic restrictions....
Redundancy plans fall after furlough extension
36,700 redundancies were planned in Britain in November, the lowest figure since March...
How dependent is the UK on the EU for food?
France’s ban on freight from Britain has caused havoc for lorry drivers, but how much will it affect shoppers?...
Tesco reintroduces buying caps on some products
The move is to make sure all customers have access to the products, such as rice and eggs, it said....
Royal Mail ends two-year dispute with union in ‘landmark’ deal
The postal service agrees a deal with unions to end a bitter dispute over pay and conditions....
Ports chaos ‘bad for trust and post-Brexit trade’
The food industry says port disruption makes it hard for foreign firms to trust UK exporters post-Brexit....
UK borrowing hits highest November level on record
The government borrowed £31.6bn last month as it continued to support the economy during the pandemic....
Covid-19: UK and France aim to restart freight as queues grow
Hundreds of lorries are held up in Kent as politicians thrash out a plan to reopen the border....
UK government ‘likely to miss’ broadband and 5G targets
More must be done if the UK is to be future-proofed rather than playing catch-up, say MPs....