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Shoppers swap clothes for alcohol amid record sales drop
UK retail sales fell a record 5.1% in March as many stores shut up shop in the face of the coronavirus lockdown.
Tuesday 10 November 2026
UK retail sales fell a record 5.1% in March as many stores shut up shop in the face of the coronavirus lockdown.
Businesses suffering lower revenues due to the coronavirus crisis may be able to offset their expected losses for this year against last year’s taxable profits in…
Right across the UK, HR and payroll departments are facing intense pressures generated by the coronavirus lockdown.
Over-60s, 50-59-year-olds and new mothers are three of the groups most likely to miss out on government self-employed support because they went into freelancing too recently,…
Virgin Australia owed more than $6.8bn to more than 12,000 creditors, including employees, banks, aircraft financiers and landlords, when its board decided to appoint administrators last…
Communicating in front of a screen has become a daily norm, as the Covid-19 pandemic is forcing many of us online.
Creating a business continuity plan (BCP) is an important measure for small business owners as it will allow your business to keep operating in times of…
Businesses have been given “a licence not to pay rent” after the government banned landlords from taking action against tenants who don’t pay as a result…
All companies should be given a three-month business rates holiday as part of almost £16 billion of potential new aid, according to the CBI.
Worktime tracking is important to any business. It is the best way to record of the time that employees spend working, and keep tabs on whether…
Insurance companies will check your health conditions before selling a life insurance policy.
Hiscox Action Group, set up by policy holders to ensure that Hiscox Insurance honours its Business Interruption insurance, has today announced it has retained top city…
Jaguar Land Rover plans to gradually resume production from 18th May, starting with manufacturing plants in Solihull in the UK as well as in Slovakia and Austria.
Lockdown poses many problems for small businesses; uncertainty, closures, restrictions and strained cashflow mean making informed decisions are near impossible. How we deal with uncertainty now…
Ryanair planes won’t return to the skies if the airline is forced to leave the middle seat empty to comply with “idiotic” in-flight social distancing rules