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Funding Circle is overhauling its German and Dutch operations after falling deeper into the red last year.
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Funding Circle is overhauling its German and Dutch operations after falling deeper into the red last year.

A Swindon-based company has raised almost £2,000 for mental health charity, Mind.

Intu Properties, the owner of shopping centres including the Trafford Centre in Manchester and Lakeside in Essex, has warned it risks going under if it is…

Borrowing more money to invest into the UK is "the right economic thing to do", the chancellor has said.

Britain’s economy flatlined in January, according to official figures that dash hopes of a post-election revival.

On Wednesday a further case of coronavirus hit the capital, as a Barclay’s employee at its Canary Wharf office has tested positive for coronavirus.

Brussels has reacted to the coronavirus epidemic by suspending the EU’s use-it-or-lose it rules on airport landing slots, freeing airlines to halt “ghost flights” in which…

Health experts have warned that the European Union could block the UK from getting a coronavirus vaccine over Brexit.

Google's parent company Alphabet has asked its North American staff to work from home to reduce the potential spread of the coronavirus.

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in interest rates to help the country cope with the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak.

An aircraft owned by collapsed airline Flybe has been impounded by the Manx government until the company's outstanding debts are paid, the Isle of Man's treasury…

The Treasury plans to set aside up to £25 million over the parliament to improve the quality of Britain’s economic data.

The world’s largest exhibitions group has cancelled or delayed events worth £425 million in revenue because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Royal Bank of Scotland is offering to defer mortgage and loan repayments for three months, for customers affected by the Covid-19 outbreak.

Mortgage payments will be suspended across Italy as part of measures to soften the economic blow of coronavirus on households, a minister has said. Laura Castelli,…