Current Affairs

Economic update 2020: expectations

Three changes the Chancellor may announce.

Exporters feel upturn in international trade

Supply chains pick up as restrictions ease.

First round of SEISS grants to end next week

The self-employed urged to double-check eligibility.

Businesses expect annual turnover to fall

Large study shows impacts of COVID-19.

UK economy fared worse than feared in Q1

ONS revises down its previous estimate by 0.2%.

House sales fell by 50% in May 2020

46,230 homes sold as COVID-19 restrictions impact the housing market.

Treasury lending to businesses passes £40bn

Nearly a million firms in COVID-19 debt.

COVID-19 scam offers fake business grants

Fraudsters target retail, hospitality and leisure firms.

Employers ask a third of furloughed staff to work

Firms set to have 30 days to confess from July.

SMEs cite labour costs as barrier to growth

Business group calls for new measures.

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