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The Treasury borrowed the third-highest sum for any month on record in August, according to official figures - as the chancellor prepares to unleash his latest support for the coronavirus-hit economy.

Rishi Sunak could not have been more stark.

Online fashion retailer Boohoo is facing criticism over its handling of the treatment of workers within the company's Leicester supply chain.

Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund is in talks to buy a stake in Rolls-Royce Holdings as one of Britain’s most important industrial groups scrambles to raise billions of pounds of new funding.

Revolution has warned of plans to reduce the number of bars it operates in the wake of the new 10pm coronavirus curfews enforced on the hospitality sector.

The West End entertainment giant which owns the Piccadilly and Apollo theatres is bringing in a new investor to secure new funding aimed at steering it through the coronavirus crisis.

Tesco has said it is introducing limits on some key household essentials, just days after its chief executive appealed for no "unnecessary" panic buying as coronavirus restrictions are tightened.

The first night of a 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants has passed largely without incident in England and Wales - but some venues are warning that the absence of late-night drinkers could put their future into jeopardy.

Novavax has started its Phase 3 trial of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the UK.

Battered by coronavirus, bemused by a summer of mixed messages and befuddled by the latest Brexit contortions, business was looking to the Chancellor for an effective, equitable and practical package of support.