UK firms slash 11,000 jobs in two days in retail and aviation
Image copyright Getty Images At least 11,000 people in the UK are set to lose their jobs after a raft of firms announced cuts in the past 48 hours. The cuts are mainly being made by High Street retailers and in aviation – two of the sectors hardest hit by the coronavirus lockdown. John Lewis has More...
Coronavirus: How Africa’s supply chains are evolving
Image caption Ground staff loading fresh produce into a Kenya Airways Boeing 787 The coronavirus lockdown measures imposed by More...
‘Not enough to say sorry’ for slavery links
Image copyright Getty Images Companies that benefited from slavery must go further than apologising, the chairman of the Caribbean Reparations Commission has said. Many More...
British Airways’ treatment of staff ‘a disgrace’, say MPs
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Most BA aircraft have been grounded since the lockdown More...
Labour opposes relaxing Sunday trading hours, says Nandy
Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy has said in an interview that it would be “wrong” to relax Sunday trading laws. The government reportedly plans to suspend the laws for a year, More...
Coronavirus: Customers queue for hours as Ikea reopens 19 shops
Image caption There were long queues in Manchester Thousands of shoppers have queued for hours to get into Ikea stores after More...
Coronavirus: John Lewis plans phased reopening of stores
Image copyright Getty Images John Lewis plans phased reopening of stores John Lewis is planning a phased reopening of its stores, using lessons it has learned on More...
EasyJet hack: ‘I’ve been left in complete limbo’
Image copyright Samantha Burt Image caption Samantha Burt is frustrated at being caught up in the hack More...
Coronavirus: Firms warn of shop-screen plastic shortage
Image copyright Getty Images There is a shortage of the plastic sheets used to make clear screens that employers have been advised to install for workplace safety, More...
UK ‘must prioritise green economic recovery’
Image copyright Getty Images Boris Johnson needs to prioritise a green UK economic recovery following the coronavirus crisis, say bosses from leading firms. They More...