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Iceland

Grocer Iceland hires 3,000 new workers as online business booms

City of London

Brexit fears hit pound while FTSE 100 shakes off US tech rout

All Uber cars in UK cities will be electric within the next decade, the ride hailing app firm has announced (Laura Dale/PA)

Uber pledges to be all-electric across UK by 2030

Lord Sugar joins The Apprentice winner for Dough Bakehouse branch opening, London, 8th September 2020

Lord Sugar says criticism of Government over Covid-19 response is ‘unfair’

Coronavirus – Thu May 14, 2020

Turbulent final day for Willie Walsh as investors protest over pay deal

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Government pours £210bn into effort to fight Covid-19

Vistry was formed when Bovis merged with Galliford Try's Linden Homes

Vistry swings to loss, but sales rate jumps after lockdown

Tagging scandal costs G4S £100m

Three former G4S Care and Justice Services executives charged with fraud

A shopping street

Job losses: Major cuts since the start of the pandemic

University students

Students warned to watch out for phishing attacks

Pound coins

Pound hit as no-deal Brexit fears ramp up

People walking past closed shops

More than 300,000 redundancies planned in June and July

The London skyline

UK deals plummet amid lockdown as firms put M&A on hold

Mortgage lending

Value of lenders’ new mortgage commitments plunged in second quarter of 2020

Lloyds

Small businesses forced to open fee-paying accounts to get Bounce Back Loans

Fever-Tree drinks

Fever-Tree loses fizz after mass closure of bars and pubs

Halfords stock

Cycling boom drives sales higher at Halfords during pandemic

Channel Tunnel trains

Eurotunnel demand down 28% in August after France loses quarantine exemption