Business and Economics

Creditors are being asked to accept 20% less than they are owed, and for repayments to be rescheduled.

“We have the highest rate of excess deaths in all of Europe, we also have the deepest recession in all of Europe, and I think people are looking at that and are clearly very, very worried about that, thinking ‘is there an alternative?’.”

One academic said it ‘doesn’t make economic sense’ to prevent employees from choosing how they work in future.

“Like any business our revenues and our profits go up and down, so that’s accounting for some of the variation in those figures.”

The pub chain told investors that like-for-like bar and food sales are down 16.9 per cent for the 44 days to August 16.

Government and corporations will again balance the costs of a long-term stimulus on the backs of the poor

Debt was more than 100 per cent of GDP for the first time in 59 years, the Office for National Statistics said.

Since March 23, Apple has grown by $6.8 billion a day. American Airlines is worth $6.6 billion.

If the government and its advisory bodies really are serious about achieving net-zero, they may need to consider whether they are taking a consistent approach across the board.