Business and Finance

The UK's economic bounce-back has slowed sharply partly thanks to the impact of the "pingdemic" causing workers to isolate, according to a key business survey.

Hotels and restaurants face a summer of closures after their workers were not included in quarantine exemptions, the government has been told.

Unilever's ex-boss has said business leaders have an "obligation to speak up" after his former company became embroiled in a row with Israel over its Ben & Jerry's business.

Football fans stocking up in supermarkets delivered a boost to the UK retail sector last month but fashion stores suffered a setback, official figures show.

The owner of LloydsPharmacy, one of Britain's biggest chains of chemists, is to decide within days on its future ownership after receiving takeover bids for the business.

Shares in Twitter have risen after it reported a better than expected rise in quarterly ad revenue to more than $1bn.

Emergency measures to exempt food supply chain workers from coronavirus self-isolation rules will not be extended to other businesses, the environment secretary has told Sky News.

The government has released a list of 16 sectors where fully vaccinated workers may be exempt from isolation if they are told to quarantine after coming into close contact with a positive COVID case.

KKR, one of the world's biggest private equity investors, is joining a scrum of suitors to buy a stake in the commercial rights to rugby union's World Cup.

On today's episode, Ian King speaks to the chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association about new self-isolation rules.