Underlining the impact of the pandemic on the tourism industry, the travel group revealed sales had been virtually wiped out with just one in six summer holidays for this year.
Argentinian president Alberto Fernandez (pictured) said they would produce enough doses of the Covid-19 jab for the whole of Latin America, excluding Brazil.
Unilever’s hipster ice cream offshoot Ben & Jerry’s is being criticised for using Twitter to attack Home Secretary Priti Patel over her proposal to use the Royal Navy to cut off channel-crossing migrants.
The move will make it harder for house hunters hoping to cash in on the recent stamp duty cut introduced by chancellor Rishi Sunak to kickstart the property market.
Sales at Watches of Switzerland rose 5 per cent to £811m in the year to April 26, even though lots of its stores were closed for several weeks at the end of the period because of lockdown.
Shoppers at Asos bought more comfortable sports gear, rather than dresses and suits, meaning that clothes ordered online are more likely to fit. Make-up and skincare products have also been popular.
The food delivery firm received 257m orders in the first half of 2020, up 32 per cent on last year. That fuelled a 44 per cent increase in revenues, which rose to more than £900m for the period.
Capital & Counties said it has no idea when trading will return to normal for its restaurant, shop and bar tenants – even though early indicators since lockdown measures were lifted have been promising.
The ONS said the period between April and June saw the largest fall in productivity on record, including when the three-day working week was introduced by Ted Heath’s government in 1974.
The boot retailer, which counts supermodel Gigi Hadid (pictured) among its fans, said it was ‘morally right’ to return cash it claimed after furloughing staff at stores and its manufacturing site.