Image copyright Getty Images Credit cards spending dropped by nearly half at the start of lockdown as people played safe with their finances and shunned big purchases. A total of … Read More
Image copyright Getty Images Seventeen-year-old women are most likely to have been put on furlough during the coronavirus crisis, official data shows. Some 61% of jobs done by these young … Read More
Burberry has announced plans to cut hundreds of jobs as the luxury brand plots a fightback from a collapse in sales at the height of the coronavirus crisis. The company … Read More
Apple and Ireland have won an appeal against an EU order that the tech giant pay the country €13bn (£11.6bn) in back taxes. Source link
Image copyright Getty Images Apple has been told it will not have to pay Ireland €13bn (£11.6bn) in back taxes after winning an appeal at the European Union’s second highest … Read More
Image copyright Getty Images Asos will repay cash to the government it claimed for furloughing workers after its sales grew in lockdown. The online retailer said that group sales increased … Read More
The company that mines Alberta’s official gemstone is on the verge of collapse after pro-democracy protests and the pandemic have combined to wipe out its biggest markets. Ammolite is a rare iridescent … Read More
The global population is likely to shrink after the middle of this century, triggering shifts in economic power, a new report suggests. There will be around 9.7 billion people on … Read More
A young barber is among the first in the latest group of businesses to begin trading again on the first day of Scotland’s relaxed lockdown. Tony Mann in Giffnock, East … Read More
The rate of inflation rose unexpectedly in June because the coronavirus crisis delayed the usual summer sales season at fashion retailers, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics … Read More
Image copyright Dan Mullan The UK’s inflation rate rose to 0.6% in June as the coronavirus lockdown began to ease. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) picked up slightly from 0.5% … Read More
Image copyright Getty Images The future of American companies in Hong Kong has been thrown into doubt after Donald Trump signed an order to end preferential treatment. The US president … Read More
