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Because of the strain put on company finances by the pandemic, the EY Item Club said business lending was set to grow by 14.4 per cent this year.

We may come to look back on the sunny days of lockdown, of high-class problems like plotting the best work-life balance, as the phoney war before the real economic bombs drop.

When second-quarter GDP figures are published, it is expected to mark the first time since the financial crisis that they will show two successive quarters of decline – the definition of a technical recession.

The fund would help small companies that have been left crippled by collapsing demand for aircraft and parts, amid restrictions on flying, which has left many planes unused.

Former Pizza Express boss David Page has built his career on the boom in people eating out – but now he says Britain has too many restaurants.

In the past six months, half of the FTSE 100 index of Britain’s biggest listed companies have cut their dividends on a whim. Even so, there are still plenty of high-yielding stocks in the FTSE 100.

More than 6,000 BA employees have applied for voluntary redundancy so far, with thousands more braced for enforced job losses.

James Murdoch – youngest son of tycoon Rupert – is among a group of investors who have ploughed almost £22million into sustainable American agriculture firm AppHarvest.

City sources said House of Fraser owner Mike Ashley has discussed the matter with senior staff and could make a public statement to clarify the situation as soon as this week.

New figures show that the number of visitors to the West End – which includes Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street -was down a scary 72 per cent last month compared with July 2019.