Losses have worsened in recent years and the trend is expected to continue as restaurants grapple with the difficulties of reopening whilst meeting social distancing guidelines
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How your savings could be invested in firms making deadly weapons banned under international treaty
The UK signed up to ban cluster bombs a decade ago, yet lax policies around human rights abuses at the world’s biggest money managers mean pension savings are funding the controversial weapons’ manufacture, say campaigners
Coronavirus recession could see government change Bank of England's inflation mandate, says former minister
Lord Jim O’Neill, who was commercial secretary to the Treasury in 2015, wants the central bank to shift from its current target of keeping inflation at 2 per cent to targeting a steadily rising trend of nominal UK GDP growth instead
In the air tonight: Air Canada offers rock-star comfort – and social distancing – with 'Covid class'
Passengers are promised shorter walking times at the airport
Furloughed workers can go back to work part-time from 1 July, chancellor announces
Flexible furlough brought forward in bid to get country back to work, with employers to contribute 10 per cent of wages from September
Lenders grant 1.5 million repayment holidays on credit cards and loans to help borrowers through pandemic
Interest-free overdrafts of £500 have been offered to more than 27 million customer accounts, banking trade body says
Renault to cut 15,000 jobs worldwide as company warns of 'major crisis' in car industry
French car maker to slash production capacity as coronavirus pandemic hits demand
What is the gender pay gap and how is it different from equal pay?
29 May 2020 marks 50 years since the Equal Pay Act was made law
Couriers delivering coronavirus test samples vote to strike over health and safety concerns
Riders allege NHS contractor The Doctors Laboratory proposed to make certain employees redundant because they campaigned for better working conditions
Nissan spares Sunderland plant from job cuts as Barcelona factory to close with loss of 2,800 staff
Japanese car manufacturer slashes jobs after revealing £5bn annual loss