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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

An easyJet plane

EasyJet cuts flights due to quarantine rules

JD Sports

JD Sports half-year profits slide as store footfall remains ‘weak’

A Royal Mail employee empties a post box

Royal Mail delivers 1.1bn fewer letters in lockdown

BP's North Sea headquarters in Aberdeen

BP and Aberdeen City Council sign deal to cut climate emissions

Coronavirus – Fri Jul 24, 2020

Retail sales jump in August as online boom offsets struggling high streets

A barman in PPE place a pint on the bar

Pubs face battle for survival with thousands of jobs at risk, survey suggests