Chief executives urge MPs to extend social investment tax relief
More than 30 chief executives have urged MPs to extend the use of the little-known social investment tax relief due to...
Analysis
Retailers ready to open their doors to the socially distanced shopper
As they are forced to maintain social distancing in stores and maintain the highest hygiene standards, retailers have also been...
Property asking prices climb after market freeze despite bleak economic outlook
The asking prices of properties put up for sale after lockdown have risen, reflecting the optimism of sellers in the...
Time is running out to cut the two-metre rule and save the high street
Just like the bizarre and damaging quarantine, and the doomed contact-tracing app, a U-turn is inevitable. It will probably come...
Will HSBC’s divided loyalties over Hong Kong lead to a break-up?
However, its shareholders are largely US and UK-based, it is the sixth-biggest company in the FTSE and it has been...
Woe for retailers as half of shoppers could stay at home
“Consumer spending has dropped off a cliff in the last three months and with continued uncertainty around the economy and...
Stately home Fonthill reckons with new-found popularity in lockdown
Anyone familiar with the countryside around Tisbury in Wiltshire will know the Fonthill Arch. Marking the perimeter of the 9,000-acre...
Legal firms target car dealers over ‘PPI-style mis-selling’ of leases
Specialist legal firms are targeting car dealers with a wave of mis-selling claims, stoking fears that the boom in leasing...
Legal row as Cineworld drops $1.7bn Cineplex deal
The cinema chain Cineworld is bracing for a court battle with its latest takeover target after pulling out of the...
Superpowers clash in the battle to crown the new head of the WTO
Airtight as Mamdouh’s CV is, for many it is too similar to that of Azevêdo, who Peker notes is “obviously...
