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Last month, the labor market returned to its pre-crisis normality. In the face of the second wave of the pandemic, however, uncertainty may return - the Polish daily "Puls Biznesu" reports.more

Nine in 10 major local authorities in England do not have enough money to cover their spending plans this year, official documents have shown. more

In Ireland, 617 new coronavirus infections have been detected in the last 24 hours, the highest number since the end of April, and five more deaths from Covid-19 have been recorded, the health ministry said yesterday afternoon.more

The British tax office intends to inspect self-employed people who have benefited from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme. HMRC admitted that as much as £ 258 million could have been paid to fraudsters or in error.more

British GDP increased by 2.1% in August. compared to the previous month, the Office for National Statistics announced yesterday. This is the fourth consecutive month with economic growth, but in August it was much below analysts' expectations.more

Employees of companies that will have to suspend operations in the event of the introduction of new restrictions due to the coronavirus will receive two-thirds of their previous earnings from the state budget, announced the British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak.more

The Polish economy may shrink in 2020 for the first time in almost 30 years, recording a recession of 3.9%, and in 2021 it will begin to gradually recover from losses, according to a World Bank report.more

The age at which most people start to receive the state pension has now officially hit 66 after steady rises in the qualifying age in recent years.more

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has warned that there will be no easy and cost-free response to the crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic. He announced that he would restore control over public finances.more

Cineworld, the world's second-largest cinema chain, will temporarily shut down all its cinemas in the US and UK due to the pandemic crisis and the delay in the release of a new Bond movie, the company said. He will lose his job up to 45 thousand. people.more

Two billionaire brothers from Blackburn have won the battle to buy Asda from Walmart of the US, in a deal valuing the supermarket chain at £6.8bn. more

Official data from the Erns & Young group (EY) showed that the United Kingdom has lost 7.5 thousand high-paying jobs in the financial sector since the announcement of Brexit. 400 vacancies have been permanently transferred from the UK to Europe in the past weeks alone.more

The M-15 agricultural jet, which was produced in Mielec in the 1970s, was indicated by the American magazine "Popular Mechanics" as the ugliest plane in the world. Interestingly, the common name for this machine is Belphegor - just like the name of the famous Louvre phantom.more

A scenario in which a Brexit does not reach an agreement will create threats to the European automotive industry - economists of the investment bank Goldman Sachs confirmed. The appeal to stop the so-called The "hard" Brexit was launched earlier by European entrepreneurs associated with the automotive industry.more

The media in Spain indicate mass closures of companies by entrepreneurs operating in this country. They note that this phenomenon, mainly related to companies from the tourism, entertainment, trade and catering sectors, will not end this year.more

The government and firms will continue to top up wages of workers who have not been able to return to the workplace full time due to the coronavirus. The Jobs Support Scheme, which will replace the furlough scheme, will see workers get three quarters of their normal salaries for six months.more

Rishi Sunak has scrapped his plan for an autumn budget and will announce fresh measures to halt job losses and business failures on Thursday amid government fears that a second wave of Covid-19 threatens Britain with a double-dip recession.more

China, the largest producer of greenhouse gases, will achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, PRC leader Xi Jinping said at the UN General Assembly session. This is Beijing's most concrete commitment to date.more

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey called on the British government on Tuesday to "pause and reconsider" its decision to end at the end of October the wage subsidy program for workers left on forced leave due to the epidemic.more

British employers have so far voluntarily reimbursed the government over £ 215 million, which was mistakenly sent under the government's funding program for forced leave workers due to the epidemic (Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme), it said.more

Pubs and hospitality businesses could be wiped out by further coronavirus restrictions, the boss of Wetherspoons has said. more

The night-time economy is “on the brink of collapse” with more than 700,000 jobs at risk — and the end of the furlough scheme could be “the final blow”, an industry body has warned.more

As a result of the agreement signed yesterday between the authorities of CaixaBank and Bankia, the largest bank in Spain was created. Details of the merger between the country's third and fourth banks are to be revealed today at a press conference in Valencia.more

The Bank of England said the economic recovery remained on track but warned the outlook remained “unusually uncertain” after voting to keep its main interest rate unchanged at 0.1%.more

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a second coronavirus lockdown would be "disastrous" for the British economy, even as residents of north-eastern England prepared for more stringent restrictions in response to an uptick in cases.more