Whitbread, which owns Premier Inn and Beefeater, has warned that 6,000 staff could lose their jobs.

Cineworld is on course to cut tens of thousands of jobs after confirming plans to temporarily bring the curtain down on its UK and US cinemas because of continuing disruption from the coronavirus pandemic.

While many firms are cutting back, the delivery business is booming - and that means an awful lot more riders and drivers are needed at Deliveroo with the firm on the hunt for thousands of new applicants.

Ikea has announced plans to open 50 more stores by Christmas, after huge demand from people renovating over lockdown.

The National Trust has announced almost 1,300 job losses, as it battles the financial impact of coronavirus.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's unemployment rate rose by more than expected to 4.5% in the three months to August, up from 4.1% in the three months to July, even before the end of the government's broad coronavirus job protection plan.

Marston’s, the UK pub group, is set to lay off 2,150 staff after a swath of new restrictions on trading in pubs and bars hit consumer confidence.