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Playtech boss Mor Weizer (pictured) refused to pay a £3.5m fine to the Gambling Commission, the industry’s policeman, for Playtech’s role in the suicide of Chris Bruney in 2017.

The telecoms giant has pledged to use 90 per cent electric vehicles by 2030. It is currently using 23 Renault Kangoos, with 46 more on the way. But the company said more investment was needed.

It could be the biggest shake-up since the financial crisis, reflecting huge share price moves during the virus crisis. The last FTSE 100 review was in March, before the virus crisis began to bite.

Bezos joined other investors in London-based Beacon. The deal is set to be announced, with Silicon Valley venture capital firm 8VC also taking part.

The figure has emerged in a survey of firms by industry body Make UK, which found that more than two thirds of respondents did not rule out lay-offs.

Boris Johnson has been urged to crack down on firms which furlough staff who they expect to fire anyway, after the Prime Minister described the behaviour as ‘cynical’.

In yet a further sign of the devastation the Covid-19 pandemic is wreaking in the aerospace sector, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the engineering group’s debt to ‘junk’ status.

British Land climbed 2.5 per cent after Brookfield Asset Management snapped up a stake. Traders also welcomed the news that Capital & Counties is eyeing a stake in Shaftesbury.

The chief executive, who wanted to stay anonymous, claimed mid-tier banks were kept in the dark when the Treasury and the British Business Bank set up the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.

Eventim is taking millions of pounds worth of so-called ‘processing fees’ from people who ask for their money back – even if their event has been cancelled.