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Primary schools to defy unions and reopen on Monday
Almost every primary school in England is set to reopen on Monday in defiance of the biggest teaching union.
Saturday 31 October 2026
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Almost every primary school in England is set to reopen on Monday in defiance of the biggest teaching union.
The government has launched a £400,000 funding pot for innovators to design schemes to boost the security of internet-connected products, Digital Infrastructure Minister Matt Warman announced…
Rishi Sunak has set out plans to stave off mass joblessness in Britain, extending a £6.8bn support package for the self-employed and confirming massive wage subsidies…
A quarter of manufacturers are preparing to make redundancies in the next six months as British industry braces for an economic downturn.
Boris Johnson on Thursday confirmed plans for a phased reopening of the retail industry and schools as government scientists warned of the need to keep coronavirus…
Virgin Media is to disappear from the high street after deciding its network of more than 50 retail stores will stay shut once the coronavirus pandemic…
Banks have provided £27.5 billion of emergency lending to more than 650,000 businesses, official figures show.
IWG, The company, formerly known as Regus, predicts that the coronavirus outbreak will lead to more demand for flexible workspace
Britain’s biggest cinema chain hopes to reopen all its locations by July and is seeking an extra $180 million in debt funding to help it survive…
A group representing hairdressers in the UK says politicians are taking too long to give salons permission to open.
A company led by a former Apprentice contestant has had three social media adverts banned by the Advertising Standards Authority over misleading Covid-19 claims.
Two-fifths of UK home buyers and sellers have put their property plans on hold following the coronavirus crisis, in a sign of how the recession could…
John Lewis is to begin its phased return to high street shopping by reopening two stores in Poole and Kingston upon Thames on 15 June, followed…
Retailers in England selling home antibody tests, including Superdrug and Babylon, have been told to stop sending them out, and labs must not process them, while…
Shoppers are going to rush out and buy trashy and unnecessary goods the moment lockdown ends – just because they can.