After a week in which the coronavirus outbreak has turned life on its head for everyone in the UK, companies are having to learn quickly about how best to operate over the coming months. Some, like toilet roll manufacturers, find themselves in prime position to both help society and make huge steps forward commercially from the crisis — if they can swiftly increase supply. Read more: Government launches £330bn coronavirus business loan scheme Others, however, are facing unprecedented...

As Britain continues to ramp up its response to the coronavirus outbreak, MPs have voted through a bill that gives the government new powers to tackle the crisis. The Coronavirus Bill, expected to become law this week, has the potential to bring in sweeping changes to our daily lives in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. Read more: UK government’s £330bn coronavirus package could be targeted by criminals With the country now already effectively in lockdown, the bill formalises the...

When you have to work hard for something as opposed to being given it, it means more,” says Tracey Reddings, the former head of JP Morgan’s private banking arm in Britain. She should know. After a glittering career in which she rose from the customer service counter at Barclays bank at age 16 to the helm of both JP and Julius Baer’s British private banking arms, she is now flying the flag for women in the finance sector through her own advisory firm, Reddings Wealth Management. Read more:...

At 8.30pm on Wednesday evening, passengers were still being ushered onto planes bearing the indigo livery of Flybe. Half an hour later, members of the cabin crew on one of its last ever flights, from Manchester to Belfast, were crying, having just lost their jobs. “Staff in tears. This is so grim,” tweeted Holly Hamilton, a BBC presenter aboard the flight, from the runway. “Plane is just really quiet.” Such is the nature of airlines going bust. Normality is ripped out from under the feet of...

Their bodies are still, poised, as they glide by on this crisp February morning. I try to copy them and end up skidding along, struggling to figure out how to position my feet — but after a couple of wobbles I’m gliding too. As I thumb the accelerator, the electric motor on my back wheel whines reassuringly. It feels faster than it looks. Read more: Londoners have more two-hour commutes than anywhere in Europe We are in London’s Olympic Park. Somewhere around here, there are 50 electric...