Business
Airlines handed £1.8 billion in emergency coronavirus loans
The Bank of England has promised money to 53 businesses to help them through the coronavirus crisis.
Nissan warns Sunderland plant ‘unsustainable’ without EU trade deal
The 7,000 workers of the UK’s largest car manufacturing plant survived a cost-cutting decision last week, but there are other fears for the future.
Workers file 1,868 claims of furlough fraud against firms
HMRC said it will now be ‘assessing’ these cases in line with its usual procedures.
Unite launches campaign against ‘deplorable’ BA job losses
Len McCluskey has written to members of the board of BA’s parent group, IAG, saying its actions were ‘deplorable’.
Peterborough residents say six McDonald’s ‘excessive’ as 39 reopen in UK
Six of the 39 drive-thru lane locations that opened in the UK and Ireland on Wednesday were in Peterborough.
Asia’s Tough Lessons Learned from Pandemic May Help Define the World’s Economy
As the Coronavirus has spread across the world we take a look at what lessons can be learned from Asia
Union accuses airlines of exaggerating impact of pandemic to cut jobs
British Airways, Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic are among the airlines that have announced plans to make thousands of staff redundant.
James Dyson richest in UK making an extra £3.6bn last year
A record 25 female billionaires make the list.
British Airways’ 12,000 job cuts to go ahead despite furlough extension
Willie Walsh, chief executive of the airline’s owner IAG, said the redundancies would still need to go ahead as flights remain mainly grounded.