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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    FT Magazine
    How the Brexit deal was done — and what happens next

    As businesses adapt to the UK’s new trade deal with the EU, negotiators on both sides reveal what really happened

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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    UK prime property
    What London’s falling population means for the housing market

    An estimated 700,000 foreign-born residents have left the city since the Covid-19 outbreak — how will this affect rental and sale prices?

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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    UK consumer spending falls sharply as lockdown bites

    Experimental data set points to sharper decline than during November restrictions, with confidence falling too

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    London fights for its future
    UK government must improve image to lift business confidence, report warns

    Ministers need to be ‘stable and strategic’ to cement London’s position as leading financial centre, study suggests

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Brexit
    Nissan greets Brexit deal as chance to expand range at Sunderland

    Group says agreement creates opportunities as it moves battery making to north-east site

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Businesses miss out on Covid cash after UK sticks to EU state-aid rules

    Companies angry at being locked out of £4.6bn grant scheme because they have already passed agreed cap on support

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    News in-depthCoronavirus economic impact
    Sunak tells Tory MPs there is no ‘magic money tree’

    UK chancellor ready to raise taxes in his March Budget to start closing the huge deficit

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    Military medics to work in UK hospitals as Covid admissions soar

    London and Midlands sent 400 MoD staff and 110 being deployed to Northern Ireland to ease NHS pressure

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    UK trade
    Red tape delays goods for more than half UK companies trading with EU

    Combination of post-Brexit paperwork and Covid protocols leads to hold-ups, survey finds

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  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Chris Giles
    Mystery of the UK’s vanishing foreign-born workers

    Official statistics fail to capture the departure of eastern Europeans

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
    Wales struggles to tackle Covid surge as public confidence slumps

    Popularity of first minister plummets following rise in cases and missteps over vaccination programme

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    UK seeks to scale up production of rapid Covid tests

    Government sets 2m a day target as it tries to shake off dependence on foreign manufacturing

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    UK tax
    Millions of people face tax return fines due to Covid, body warns

    Campaign to extend self-assessment deadline rejected by HMRC

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    EU trade
    Flanders looks beyond Brexit Britain for business opportunities

    Region with close trade ties to UK plans strategy to support groups seeking new markets

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Education
    Further education blueprint promises more say for UK employers

    ‘Skills for Jobs’ white paper aims to boost flagging productivity and training for over-16s

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    News in-depthUK employment
    UK’s post-Brexit employment shake-up misses labour market flaws

    Business says government is ‘tilting at windmills’ by focusing on EU-derived laws rather than tackling homegrown problems

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Pound Sterling
    Pound hits 8-month high against euro on UK economy hopes

    Inflation figures and speedy vaccine rollout expected to reduce pressure on BoE to cut rates

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    UK house prices
    UK property prices rise at fastest rate since 2016

    Lifestyle shifts and government measures boost market despite economic slowdown

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    UK inflation
    UK inflation bounces back as prices of transport and clothing rise

    Cost of consumer goods rose by 0.6% in December, up from 0.3% the previous month

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Executive Pay
    More than half of UK chiefs lose bonuses after pandemic shock

    Early signs of restraint as investors prepare to take a hard line on high executive pay

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Disabled workers find an upside in new working practices

    Many employers finally offer the flexibility that staff with disabilities had long requested

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Small UK businesses are ‘running out of cash’, chancellor warned

    Debt levels are rising fast as entrepreneurs face toughest months yet of the pandemic

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    UK employment
    Black and minority ethnic workers hit harder by Covid job losses

    TUC analysis show big disparities in the worst-affected sectors of the UK economy

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Tory MPs rebel over genocide amendment to trade bill

    More than 30 Conservatives break with government in attempt to block deals with states on human rights grounds

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Kwarteng confirms government review of UK employment law

    Business secretary insists move will not lead to reduction in workers’ rights

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