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The Dynamic Duo: Cyber-security and Due Diligence during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Of particular importance is how information is communicated during the life of a transaction.

StanChart to Rollout Flexible Working Option

Standard Chartered is reportedly planning to permanently offer flexible work options to around 90 percent of its 85,000-strong staff by 2023.

UK employers turn to temporary staff as COVID crisis mounts again

The REC/KPMG measure of temporary hiring hit its highest level since December 2018.

Downing seeks £200m for renewables trust as its last launch tries to recover

Downing fund managers announce plans for new renewable energy infrastructure investment trust as their last launch, Downing Strategic Micro-cap, shows signs of a recovery after difficult three years.

Euro zone banks curtail credit access amid fresh pandemic worries

In the final three months of the year, banks expect a “considerable” tightening credit standards, the ECB added.

Heathrow to offer £80 rapid coronavirus test for departures

Government targets halving 2-week quarantine for passengers arriving at UK airports by December 1

Covid-19: Is it an ‘interruption’ to your business?

There are some policies that also include such things as infectious or notifiable diseases and denial of access within their cover.

In the age of Covid, what's the most valued employee benefit your company provides?

More than 300 companies shared their views

Charities and coronavirus: extension of some measures brought in by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act

The Act relaxes the rules on holding members’ meeting for ‘relevant bodies’, which includes charitable companies and charitable incorporated organisations.

Covid sees youngsters flock to trainee adviser roles

He has already received more than 100 applications for the trainee role but only one candidate has applied for the experienced role.

Thriving in the pandemic: technology

There are no companies that aren’t being affected by technology

Treasury scraps autumn Budget to focus on Covid crisis

Earlier this month Mr Sunak asked the Office for Budget Responsibility to draw up spending forecasts for the autumn, but did not commit to announcing any tax or spending plans of his own.

Corona Upsets the Old Order

The pandemic has given Sweden its unique health experiment. Today's budget presentation showed that the virus is also wreaking havoc with dearly-held political certainties.

Goldman Sachs joins JPMorgan in asserting return to work after coronavirus office closures

Since mid-March, most Wall Street retailers and bankers have been working remotely; nonetheless with New York’s COVID-19 an an infection always remaining beneath 1% over the earlier month, corporations are beginning to grapple with how — or wh

The disruption caused by Covid-19 means that fintech’s time has come

Yet it’s clear that the pandemic is accelerating the need for financial innovation and disruption.

Coronavirus: Which parts of the UK are recovering fastest after lockdown?

The comparative lack of people returning to city centres will fuel fears about the continuing impact on the "lunchtime economy" and the prospects for businesses such as coffee and sandwich shops.

How Britain's high streets are recovering after lockdown – visual analysis

Data reveals that three in 10 shops hadn’t reopened after coronavirus restrictions were lifted – with some areas lagging further behind than others

Coronavirus: Directors' duties under new UK insolvency laws

Faced with this spectre of personal liability, you might opt for the safe haven of placing a distressed company into administration or some other formal insolvency process, under the supervision of a licensed insolvency practitioner.

Pandemic increases millennial anxiety around finances

Two in five UK workers of all ages reported increased financial anxiety in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the new report from Close Brothers.

Banks step up plans to close branches and cut jobs in blow to Covid-hit high street

A major shift online and declining use of cash threaten to deal another hit to the high street