Ministers have been urged to convert the nation’s growing number of vacant shops into housing as a think tank warned the coronavirus crisis will change shopping habits forever.
Many struggling families have had to halt pocket money payments after losing their income. But others say pocket money has become a bargaining chip as they attempt to juggle childcare and jobs.
A Transport Focus poll of more than 8,000 drivers indicated that the link between London and Dover is the least popular major road in the country – four places below the much-loathed M25.
The taxi app’s operating companies appealed to the Supreme Court after losing three earlier rounds of the battle. An employment tribunal ruled in 2016 that Uber drivers were entitled to workers’ rights.
The struggling retailer said digital sales far outstripped its expectations, rising by 35 per cent to £35m in the 11 weeks to July 18. This was helped by the firm upping its social media and digital marketing.
The gambling group told investors that HMRC is looking into ‘potential corporate offending’ at its former Turkish arm. It comes just days after chief exec Kenny Alexander stood down after 13 years.
The lender’s efforts to put its chequered past behind it are already approaching hurdles, amid warnings that the taxpayer is facing even heavier losses from its bailout than expected.
Figures from Kantar showed grocery sales rose 16.9 per cent in the 12 weeks to July 12 to £31.6bn. Ocado saw sales jump 45.5 per cent as demand for online deliveries soared.
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, are pictured arriving at the European Council ahead of the £680bn rescue package announcement.
The engineering giant will provide the engines for Bell-Textron’s V-280 Valor aircraft – one of two models competing for a potentially mammoth deal to make the replacement for Black Hawks.
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