Business

Five of the UK's major supermarket chains have now confirmed plans to return a total of more than £1.7bn in coronavirus aid to the public purse.

The Co-op Group, Britain's biggest mutual, is facing disquiet from members after refusing to commit to emulating rival grocery retailers and returning tens of millions of pounds of business rates relief.

Tesco's new chief executive has told Sky News the UK's largest retailer still lacks clarity from the government on the movement of goods following the end of the Brexit transition period.

Shoppers with gift cards for Arcadia stores have been told they can only use them to pay for up to 50% of their purchases.

A closely-watched survey of businesses has found confidence in the year ahead at its highest level since March 2015, despite further coronavirus restrictions damaging activity last month.

Facebook is to ban proven false claims about COVID-19 vaccines, but warns it will "not be able to start enforcing these policies overnight".

One of the country’s most prominent entrepreneurs is placing a bet on green-fingered Britons by buying a major online gardening products retailer.

Exporting live animals for slaughter and fattening will be banned under new plans.

A British start-up which helps traditional print publishers increase digital subscription revenues has won backing from an arm of Bertelsmann, the German media giant.

More than 1,000 Chinese researchers have left the US amid a crackdown on alleged technology theft, US security officials have said.