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Shoppers have flocked back to high streets in England and Wales as shopsreopened after three months of full lockdown. As of Monday, non-essential shops, hairdressers, salons,…

There is “light at the end of the tunnel” for the UK economy, according to the governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey. In a…

With vaccines against Covid-19 expected to be widely available by the summer, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is anticipating a pick-up in global economic activity later…

At least 250,000 small businesses in the UK are set to close without further help, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned. Its latest quarterly…

There was a fall in the number of jobs at risk of redundancy in November, despite a second lockdown in England and other restrictions in Wales…

UK businesses could save almost £500m after an interim ruling on business rate rebates. When restrictions were announced in March 2020 to help stop the spread…

UK supermarkets have warned that gaps may start to appear on shelves within days after France closed its borders to UK freight traffic. The blanket ban…

Last-ditch efforts to save Debenhams have failed. The department store chain said on Tuesday that it was starting the liquidation process after the last remaining bidder,…

Leaving the European Union without a trade deal would have a bigger impact on the UK economy in the long term than the damage caused by…

UK businesses could suffer from a lack of creativity due to colleagues not being able to interact in the workplace during the Covid-19 crisis, the Bank…