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Pret a Manger to cut staff pay and hours as customers stay away
Pret a Manger is to cut staff working hours and pay by a quarter across its 550 branches as customers follow government advice to stay at…
Monday 2 November 2026
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Pret a Manger is to cut staff working hours and pay by a quarter across its 550 branches as customers follow government advice to stay at…
The independent brewer BrewDog has begun making hand sanitiser at its distillery in Aberdeenshire amid shortages driven by coronavirus fears.
The City regulator has told insurers it expects them to treat customers fairly and consider payments on claims they might usually reject.
Peer-to-peer lenders are struggling to deal with demand from investors who want to withdraw their funds in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
One of the big supermarkets has called on the government to relax competition law and other legislation to allow stores to work together to ensure food…
Schools across the country will close from Friday with only the children of key workers allowed to attend a basic education service, Boris Johnson has said.
Restaurant chain Hawksmoor is closing all of its restaurants as coronavirus hits the hospitality industry and forces firms to cut jobs.
Royal Mail workers have voted in favour of strikes in a dispute about job security and the direction of the company.
Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £350 billion bailout to keep Britain’s businesses and workers afloat through a coronavirus crisis that could last more than a year.
Criminal trials which are due to last longer than three days will be put on hold due to the spread of coronavirus.
Insurers have been accused of “abdicating responsibility” after they said that most businesses would not be covered for the catastrophic costs of disruption related to coronavirus
Chief treasury secretary Steve Barclay this evening announced that the IR35 tax reforms would be pushed back by one year.
Laura Ashley has suspended trading and filed for administration as the embattled fashion and furnishings firm said that rescue talks were thwarted by the coronavirus outbreak.
The hospitality industry has warned the new government restrictions around coronavirus could shut down firms.
Most of the world’s airlines will be insolvent within ten weeks and governments grappling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic are not acting together to…