State-backed loan schemes deliver £15bn to UK businesses

Chancellor says 304,000 firms have benefited in sharp increase in lending during pandemic

Sainsbury’s took a loan payment after it said it wouldn’t

But there’s better news for travellers, as Eurostar and BA ease coronavirus refund policies

Airbnb insists on making a refund to a cancelled credit card

Lloyd’s Bank had to cancel my original payment card because of fraud

Lloyds rushes to fix flaw that stopped firms receiving Covid loans

Exclusive: UK subsidiary caught in bank’s tangle over government-backed loans

UK lenders have granted nearly 1.2m payment holidays

Payment holidays for around 700,000 credit cards and 470,000 loans have been granted

I made millions out of the last debt crisis. Now the wealthy stand to win again

We need a fairer tax system so that wealthy people like me help solve the fallout from coronavirus, says the economist and former trader Gary Stevenson

Small firms secure £2bn in bounce-back loans in first 24 hours

More than 69,000 struggling UK businesses get funding from coronavirus scheme

Virgin Money chief downplays impact of Branson bailout plea

David Duffy blames stalled plans to rebrand Clydesdale branches on Covid-19 amid row over Virgin Atlantic funding

Small firms hit by coronavirus could miss out on bounce-back loans

Concern over lack of lenders signing up for state scheme to offer low-cost emergency loans

WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann sues SoftBank over $3bn deal

Former CEO of office-sharing group accuses Japanese company of abusing its power

Small firms inundate UK banks with coronavirus loan requests

Lender warns banks may struggle with demand for official ‘bounce back’ scheme

The promise of an Oxford vaccine reveals how a new Britain could thrive

There was some good news last week. Oxford University’s Jenner Institute announced it was teaming up with AstraZeneca to take a promising prototype of coronavirus vaccine into volume production by the autumn. Of course there are caveats – the institute’s … Continue reading →