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The government has released a list of 16 sectors where fully vaccinated workers may be exempt from isolation if they are told to quarantine...

Supermarkets Sainsbury’s, Iceland and Co-op have revealed they are suffering stock shortages as concerns grow about the impact of the so-called “pingdemic”. Sainsbury’s, Britain’s...

Retailers say they are under “increasing pressure” to keep shelves fully stocked amid staff shortages caused by the “pingdemic”. Industry bosses have warned that...

Marks & Spencer’s chairman Archie Norman has warned of a political “running sore of symbolic proportions” if UK chilled products are banned in Northern...

Business leaders say key areas of the economy are at breaking point as huge swathes of the population are forced into isolation by the...

Easyjet has revealed that fewer than half of UK flights for this summer have been booked as customers leave it late to arrange trips....

People will need to have proof of full vaccination to enter nightclubs and other “crowded venues” from the end of September, the vaccines minister...

The FTSE 100 and the pound have fallen as Britain’s “freedom day” failed to assuage growing fears about COVID case numbers and disruption. London’s...

Half of managers (50%) think the government is lifting coronavirus restrictions too quickly, according to a Chartered Management Institute poll. Shared exclusively with Trevor...

One of the great puzzles emerging from the last year has been why, in spite of COVID, repeated lockdown, and surging self-isolation, recruitment agencies...

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Britain’s biggest accountancy firm, is preparing to unveil record profits following a surge in demand for its services during the pandemic. Sky...

Pubs chains including Wetherspoons have said they will do away with mask requirements for customers from next week – but will still require staff...

The owners of The Daily Telegraph are eyeing a £4bn windfall from a flotation of Very Group, their online shopping empire. Sky News has...

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is in advanced talks to acquire a stake in McLaren Group as part of a fresh shake-up at the...

Factories across the country are on the verge of shutting down due to isolation warnings from the test and trace app, the UK’s manufacturing...

There are more job vacancies now than there were before the pandemic, official figures show, as unemployment edges slowly down after a year of...

Shoppers at Sainsbury’s will be encouraged to keep wearing masks in stores next week even though it will no longer be legally required. The...

The rate of inflation in the UK rose again in June, outstripping economists’ predictions and passing the Bank of England’s stated target of 2%....

Monday night saw the three main US stock indices – the S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average – close at...