Insurers must pay small firms for Covid lockdown losses
A Supreme Court ruling provides a lifeline for many small businesses who had business interruption insurance....
UK economy shrank by 2.6% in November
The economy contracted as government lockdown restrictions reduced activity, official figures show....
Brexit: No plans to dilute workers’ rights, minister says
It comes after reports that protections including the 48-hour work week could be dropped....
Small businesses await Covid insurance case ruling
The Supreme Court ruling will define payouts for many thousands of firms affected by the first lockdown....
Brexit: ‘most difficult week I’ve had in this job in 20 years’
Hauliers fear their jobs will get worse before they get better...
Pimlico Plumbers to make workers get Covid jabs
Founder Charlie Mullins says it is a “no-brainer” that workers should get immunised....
Primark warns of £1bn hit from lockdown shop closures
Most of the fashion retailers’ stores globally are shut due to Covid, including its 190 UK shops....
Tesco sees record Christmas sales as shoppers ‘treat themselves’
The supermarket giant says customers chose “to treat themselves” as much of the UK was locked down....
Covid-19: Passengers told to check train times as routes cut
Services in England are being cut from 87% of normal levels to 72%, the Rail Delivery Group says....
‘Covid means we may lose our first home’
First-time buyers are calling on the government to extend a Help to Buy deadline amid Covid-related delays....