Some travellers coming to England will have to quarantine in hotels, over concerns about new Covid variants, the government is expected to announce. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a decision after discussing the proposals with senior ministers later. The measures are likely to apply to UK citizens and those […]

The UK’s unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to November, up from 4.9%, as coronavirus continued to hit the jobs market. An estimated 1.72 million people were unemployed, the Office for National Statistics said. That was 418,000 more than in the same period the previous year and […]

HM Revenue & Customs has effectively extended the tax self-assessment deadline by a month, until 28 February, after conceding that some people were struggling and needed more time. The 11th hour move provides a breathing space for more than 3 million people who have still not filed their 2019-20 tax […]

Small and medium sized businesses that have suffered due to COVID-19 don’t expect to recover to pre-pandemic levels until summer 2022, according to new research. With the UK now well into a vaccination programme that many hope will enable the economy to start reopening, ongoing cashflow issues and a decline […]

Facebook News, the social network’s dedicated section for news content, is launching in the UK. The UK is the second market to get Facebook News, which launched in the United States last year. Several major news publishers, including Channel 4, Sky News, and The Guardian have signed deals with Facebook […]