Update:

Day: 17 December 2020

Brexit talks

Johnson: EU must ‘change position substantially’

Boris Johnson

Big four hit

PwC partners take 10% earnings cut as profits fall

Claire Reid PwC

Banking

Ex-RBS executive to chair Sainsbury’s Bank

Sainsbury's Bank hq

Budget date set

Sunak extends furlough lifeline until April

Rishi Sunak leaves Number 11

Aviation shrinks

Seychelles and San Jose among routes axed by BA

British Airways pic

Interest rate held

Bank ‘ready to intervene’ if Brexit talks fail

Bank of England

Foundation fortune

Hunter sees huge gain from Hut Group ‘lesson’

Tom Hunter at Scottish Edge

Technology

Atkinson takes chair at xDesign ahead of expansion

Paul Atkinson

Daily Business Live

TalkTalk takeover; Cairn special dividend; Wetherspoon

TalkTalk

Talks on levies

US trade chief hints at easing Scotch whisky tariff

Macallan single malt whisky