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Dividend payments plummeted by 57 per cent – the biggest fall on record – to just £16.1billion in April, May and June, according to Link Group.

The company is said to be planning to lay off 500 of its 2,000 UK staff. Sales have suffered a blow during coronavirus and the firm slumped to a £79.9m loss in the year to January.

Lord Browne, the former boss of BP, said the decision to block Huawei from using American chips in its product ‘increased the risk’ and left it with ‘very little new business growth’.

Some 20 per cent plan to occupy less physical space following Covid-19, while 29 per cent plan to let staff work from home, research by Santander found. But 81 per cent fear they will not recover.

Priti Patel has been urged to take action in a letter from 90 top retailers, also signed by MPs, peers, investors and charities. The British Retail Consortium said licensing would help the vulnerable.

In June last year, we asked to close the account and withdraw the balance, but despite phone calls and emails to the branch and to the Santander head office, we have had no response.

Acknowledging misuse of similar funds in the past, officials have drafted in experts to ensure the enormous increase in outlay on skills and apprenticeships is spent as intended.

OpenSkies, which runs IAG’s Level brand in France, last week began a three-month consultation over winding up its operations from Orly in Paris.

Coronavirus has impacted everyone’s finances one way or another, but fortunately there are ways to give your bank balance a much-needed boost.

The 18,000-strong town of Rochford saw its last bank close three years ago when Barclays pulled out. A year earlier NatWest quit the community while previously Lloyds turned its back on the town.