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Housing estate

Number of mortgage approvals made to home buyers highest since 2007

A Stratstone site

Pendragon back in profit after £44.1m first-half coronavirus hit

Mel Stride

British expats in EU ‘must be given sufficient warning if bank accounts close’

A B&M store

B&M to open up to 45 stores after sales surge during lockdown

Sofa chain ScS

Britons splashing out on homes help ScS recover after annual losses

Hotel Chocolat

Hotel Chocolat posts higher sales despite shutting stores in lockdown

Greggs

Greggs in talks to cut staff hours to ‘minimise risk of job losses’

Three men walk past the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool city centre (Peter Byrne/PA)

City leaders warn coronavirus restrictions could destroy hospitality sector

Home owners

Mortgage support reforms ‘needed to avoid risk of people losing their homes’

Coronavirus

Four in 10 companies fear job losses by December, survey shows

Rishi Sunak

Uncertainty means Sunak’s multi-year spending review must be scrapped, IFS says

Boris Johnson

PM to pledge life-long learning as part of post-pandemic jobs recovery plan

Brexit

Traders turn bullish on Brexit and interest rates hopes

Eat Out to Help Out scheme

Private equity giant snaps up French eatery Cote Restaurants

An Uber logo on a car door (Laura Dale/PA)

Court gives green light for Uber to operate in London

Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut secures landlord CVA agreement to avoid collapse

Uber

Uber wins appeal to operate in London

Barclays' mobile banking app

Barclays online banking crashes for some customers