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Aviation in crisis

Menzies directors take pay cut and seek support

Menzies Aviation
Menzies: seeking support Directors and senior management at John Menzies have taken 20% pay cuts and is seeking help from the government to ensure it gets through the current healthRead More

Markets rocket

FTSE extends rally after Dow Jones’ biggest jump since 1933

Traders on Wall St (pic: NYSE)
Wall Street rocketed on hopes of stimulus London continued to surge higher today, building on overnight gains in Asia and a return of buyers on Wall Street. The FTSE 100Read More

Johnson sticks to deadline

Brexit teams exchange documents as Barnier falls ill

Michel Barnier
Michel Barnier: tested positive UK and EU negotiators have exchanged draft legal texts for a future trading relationship as Boris Johnson insists on sticking to the Brexit deadline. It wasRead More

Tech firm sold

Motorola acquires IndigoVision in £30m deal

IndigoVision
Deal: new owner US giant Motorola has acquired Edinburgh-based video security firm IndigoVision in a deal worth £30.4 million. The acquisition price of 405p per share represents a premium ofRead More

Planes likely to be grounded

Easyjet warns European airlines ‘may not survive’

Edinburgh airport Easyjet
Planes may be grounded for some time (pic: Terry Murden) Easyjet today said there is no guarantee that European airlines will survive what could be a long-term travel freeze. ItRead More

As world in lockdown...

BA boss warns of job losses, stock markets stabilise

Philip Jansen, BT CEO, has tested positive British Airways is to ground flights ‘like never before’ and lay off staff in response to the coronavirus. BA boss Alex Cruz sentRead More

Worldwide stocks plummet

Markets in turmoil as Trump bans European travel to halt virus

Donald Trump
Action plan: Donald Trump Markets suffered another bloodbath as Donald Trump announced a travel ban on Europe and threw worldwide business plans into chaos. The US President announced a seriesRead More

Coronavirus: latest

Health minister infected; banks loan offer; China hails ‘victory’

Nadine Dorries
Nadine Dorries: recovering Health minister Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus and officials are tracing who has come into contact with her. The 62-year-old is said to have fallen illRead More

Markets: FTSE falls 8%

Wall Street halts trading as oil falls by a third in price war

Maersk oil field
Biggest fall in prices since Gulf War Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was halted briefly after stocks crashed by 2,000 points as global coronavirus fears and an oilRead More

Widespread closures

Italy puts 16m in quarantine to combat virus

Quiet streets: Italy expects a huge impact on tourism Sixteen million people in northern Italy will be in lockdown until early April under new measures to halt the spread ofRead More