Sunak defends emergency jobs scheme
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Media captionChancellor Rishi Sunak: “It’s not for me to… make pronouncements on what job is viable or not”
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said it is “impossible” [...]
Coronavirus: Working from home 'costs central London £2.3bn'
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Shoppers will feel the impact of a no-deal Brexit at supermarket tills, the British Retail Consortium has warned.
The BRC said tariffs would add £3.1bn a year [...]
UK borrowing soars in August as Covid costs mount
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The government funded the “Eat Out to Help Out” scheme in August
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van der Walt to lead Leeu Collection in UK
Leeu Collection has promoted Jean van der Walt to the role of area general manager, United Kingdom.
She will be based at the group’s Lake District property, Linthwaite House.
van der Walt takes on the new position in addition to her [...]
Covid: Uncertainty as industries miss out on job support
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Media captionRestaurant owner David Fox: “For most of hospitality it’s looking like a calamity”
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Covid-19: Sunak set to unveil emergency jobs scheme
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak will later unveil a plan aimed at minimising further unemployment as stricter Covid-19 restrictions come into force.
The new measures are [...]
Coronavirus: Autumn Budget to be scrapped this year
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The Treasury has scrapped plans for an Autumn Budget this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“As we heard this week, now is not the right time to outline [...]
Sunak weighs up new worker pay subsidy scheme
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak is understood to be looking at options to replace the furlough scheme when it expires at the end of October.
These include a salary top-up scheme [...]
Brexit letter warns of 7,000-truck queues in Kent
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Exporters to the EU face 7,000-truck-long queues in Kent and two-day delays to trade after the Brexit transition period ends, the government has warned.
Imports will [...]
