UK poised to suffer the biggest Covid blow of any major economy
The furlough scheme is being wound down ahead of its end in October. The bank’s consumer confidence indicator has also...
Analysis
Calls to ‘save’ high streets miss big picture
Indeed, the distinction between online and bricks-and-mortar retail is increasingly blurred. Two thirds of the businesses that trade on eBay...
Britain’s biggest businesses will work from home until 2021
Vodafone said that those employees who can work remotely “will continue to do so until the end of 2020” and...
Gold rush for professional investors but bull market has ‘just begun’
Investors around the world put nearly £3bn into gold at the end of July in what was the second largest...
Ed Bramson should accept defeat and sell his Barclays stake
Even more bizarrely, Bramson is pushing for Barclays to try to emulate Deutsche Bank of all places. The German financial...
Investors charged millions for holding wrong type of fund could win compensation
Investors have been ripped off to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds by fund managers who knowingly left...
Gatwick puts terminal on ice as axe falls on thousands of British Airways staff
Gatwick Airport's South Terminal could remain shut until next summer, bosses warned, as British Airways launched a wave of job...
America’s biggest companies fear being locked out of China after Trump WeChat ban
WeChat, and its Chinese equivalent Weixin, have a combined 1 billion users, but have long been criticised for censoring posts...
US jobs recovery loses steam
The US recovery slowed sharply in July as a second wave of coronavirus triggered the weakest month for jobs growth since...
House prices reach record highs, but can the ‘mini-boom’ be maintained?
House prices have risen to their highest levels on record, with pent-up demand following lockdown and the Chancellor’s stamp duty...
