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Sainsbury’s set to axe a further 3,000 jobs
J Sainsbury will announce today that it is cutting more than 3,000 jobs as it updates the City on its financial performance.
Friday 30 October 2026
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J Sainsbury will announce today that it is cutting more than 3,000 jobs as it updates the City on its financial performance.
Lloyds Banking Group is to cut 1,070 jobs under a plan to simplify structures in some back office operations.
Nicola Sturgeon has called on the chancellor to confirm if Scotland will get furlough support at the same level as England if it locks down after…
In scenes reminiscent of the first lockdown in March, some supermarket shelves have begun emptying once more, ahead of the second lockdown in England.
A US property developer that owns studios where films including Gone with the Wind and TV shows such as The Sopranos were filmed is investing £300m…
Supermarkets are under mounting pressure to pay back £3 billion in business rates after a leading retail entrepreneur questioned why their bills had been waived while…
The Treasury is extending its emergency business loan scheme and will allow firms to “top up” their borrowing as part of new rules meant to keep…
Bounty, the parenting club which has distributed samples of baby products to generations of new mums, is on the brink of insolvency after seeing one of…
The owner of Primark has warned that fresh coronavirus closures enforced on the discount fashion chain will result in a £375m hit from lost sales.
Britain's biggest airport is preparing to launch a legal challenge to the Treasury's move to end VAT rebates for tourists, arguing that it will intensify the…
Industry leaders have warned of a bleak winter as companies across England brace for a “truly devastating” nationwide lockdown starting this week.
The self-employed will be able to claim state aid of up to 80% of profits as England prepares for a new lockdown, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has…
Ryanair customers will not be refunded for flights in November, according to its boss, despite the UK government banning all but essential travel.
Rishi Sunak’s decision to extend the furlough scheme may have come too late to save jobs, employment experts said yesterday.
Net borrowing by UK companies this year is expected to be more than five times higher than in 2019 as businesses seek to survive the coronavirus…