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Millennial favourite online bank Monzo has revealed some London spending trends in a year in which the pandemic saw consumers drastically change their habits. more

The chairman of the Committee on International Trade (INTA) in the European Parliament, Bernd Lange, announced yesterday that there are still possible changes to the agreement on trade relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom.more

At the height of the pandemic, the management of the tax office ordered an action to control companies. Objective? Money from the mandates to rescue the state budget - writes today's "Puls Biznesu".more

Plans for the UK's first deep coal mine in 30 years can progress after the government decided not to intervene.more

Demand for staff picked up in December for the first time in three months, new research by UK recruiters suggests. more

Greggs expects up to a £15m loss for the year, which would be its first annual loss since it listed its shares on the stock exchange in 1984.more

Rishi Sunak has unveiled one-off grants of up to £9,000 for struggling firms to help them get through to spring. The Treasury revealed a fresh £4.6billion package to help retail, hospitality and leisure sector businesses cope with the seven-week shut-down.more

Only 10 percent. Spanish nationals between the ages of 25 and 34 have funds to live outside their parents' home. Difficulties relate to both having your own "four corners" as well as renting them - according to the study "Youth and Apartments in 2020".more

Due to the pandemic, Poland no longer meets the economic criteria for joining the euro area. "Even if the current government changed its mind, now there is no formal possibility of adopting the common currency" - informs today's Rzeczpospolita.more

People spent less and saved more in 2020 as the pandemic led to shops, pubs and attractions being closed down.more

Tesco, Pizza Hut and Superdrug are among more than a hundred firms "named and shamed" by the government for not paying workers the minimum wage. more

Raising the minimum wage to PLN 2,800, the start of the capacity market, the entry into force of the so-called trade tax, improving the functioning of anti-smog programs - these are some of the solutions that will come into force in the new 2021.more

British sausage and mince meat makers will no longer be able to export their produce to the EU from this week, as part of the post-Brexit trade deal.more

France's decision to close the border with the UK to stop the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus has highlighted the importance of the Dover-Calais route for food supplies.more

Tesco has introduced purchasing limits on some products including eggs, rice, soap and toilet roll.more

The crisis triggered by the pandemic has sparked a new wave of employment restructuring. At the end of November, the number of people covered by collective redundancies reported to labor offices exceeded 70,000. This is more than twice as many as the year before - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports today.more

35 US states have sued the tech giant Google, accusing it of monopolistic practices. These actions are harmful to clients, state prosecutors general.more

The European Union is responsible for almost half of the United Kingdom's foreign trade, and the United Kingdom only for several percent of the EU's trade. The absence of a trade deal is believed to harm London more. However, the situation is more complex.more

There is a lot of uncertainty related to the ongoing negotiations on the future relations of Great Britain with the EU; from the point of view of entrepreneurs, it is most sensible to prepare for various scenarios - says Deputy Minister of Development, Labor and Technology Marek Niedużak.more

The Bank of England is expected to refrain from yet more stimulus on Thursday as it waits to see if a possible no-deal Brexit in two weeks’ time deepens the problems already facing Britain’s coronavirus-damaged economy.more

The Ministry of Health wants to force pharmaceutical companies to cut them. As part of the amended reimbursement act, it plans to introduce mechanisms to establish maximum prices of preparations - reports the Wednesday "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna". Experts comment that this means a flood of cheap drugs to Poland from China and India, where the costs of their production are cheaper.more

The number of people being made redundant in the UK soared to a record high in October amid the second coronavirus wave and as the government scaled back its furlough scheme before an 11th hour extension.more

No-deal Brexit may have negative consequences for Polish food producers, particularly from the poultry, milk and dairy sectors.more

Trade talks between the UK and European Union are continuing in Brussels with one day to go until a deadline imposed by the two sides. The leaders of both parties have warned they are unlikely to reach a post-Brexit trade deal by Sunday.more

New figures show "appalling" rise in destitution among families between 2017 and 2019 – and experts warn pandemic has only intensified financial pressures.more