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Sunak to unveil changes to furlough scheme

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak: will expect firms to make a contribution Companies will be prevented from putting additional employees into the Government’s furlough scheme as part of plans to get Britain backRead More

Treasury support u-turn

Forbes demands answers on cancelled £60m fund

Kate Forbes new
Kate Forbes: ‘deeply problematic’ (pic: Terry Murden) Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has demanded the UK Government explain why it has suddenly cancelled a £60 million business support package whichRead More

Tuesday update

DB Live: Probe into Stobart audits; Lawrie IP uplift; markets rise

Eddie Stobart
4.45pm: London close The FTSE 100 pulled back from its earlier three-digit rise but stayed in the black all day, fuelled by return to work measures, to close up 74.48Read More

Minister resigns

Carlaw joins call for Cummings to go as Ross quits

Jackson Carlaw
Resigned: Douglas Ross says adviser’s view does not chime with majority Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw finally yielded to pressure to demand the Prime Minister’s chief adviser leaves his postRead More

CFO resigns

Stelios target announces departure from EasyJet

Easyjet
The budget airline’s board survived a vote last week One of four directors whom easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou tried to unseat last week has announced he is leaving the company.Read More

Energy transition

Electric car shift needs gear change, says SSE chief

electric vehicle charging
Utility bosses want more electric vehicles Sales of new petrol and diesel cars should be phased out early as part of an acceleration of the green energy, says one ofRead More

PM gets tills ringing

Scots retailers demand dates as English shops set to reopen

Victoria Street
Shops in Scotland have no date for reopening (pic: Terry Murden) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is facing further demands to provide a firm timetable for Scottish businesses after Boris JohnsonRead More

Airline rescued

Lufthansa deal sets up UK talks with key carriers

The bailout is Germany’s biggest since the virus crisis began Lufthansa and the German government have agreed a €9 billion (£8bn) bailout as financial deals to prop up the airline industryRead More

Number 10 crisis

Cummings to make public statement on Durham trip

Dominic Cummings
Dominic Cummings was confronted by the press outside his home Dominic Cummings will make a public statement and take questions over allegations he broke coronavirus lockdown rules. The Prime Minister’sRead More

Plan for strategic industries

Treasury considers plan to rescue key companies

Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover may get support The Treasury is ready to rescue large British companies whose failure because of coronavirus would have a devastating impact on the economy. A numberRead More