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Unpaid liabilities to companies and banks by entrepreneurs in the second quarter of this year. increased by PLN 899 million, or 2.7 percent. - similar to the first quarter, when lockdown was just beginning - according to the latest BIG InfoMonitor report.more

Every third company in Poland has problems with the production and delivery of goods to foreign customers or with the provision of services ordered for them. Due to the freezing of the economy, as much as 42 percent. companies, in turn, have problems with importing goods and services from abroad - according to the IMAS International survey prepared for the National Debt Register. more

After nearly 200 years of operation, the last industrial-scale coal mine in England will be closed on Monday. At the Bradley Mine in County Durham in the northeastern part of the country, 150,000. tons of coal per year.more

According to "Rzeczpospolita", the expenditure on this year's school kits will reach PLN 4 billion nationwide, and only one Pole in five will fit into the PLN 300 subsidy - the newspaper lists in the Monday edition in the article "The school starter kit season has started".more

The Central Statistical Office announced today in a quick estimate that the Polish Gross Domestic Product in the second quarter of 2020 fell by 8.2 percent. compared to last year. Compared to the first quarter of this year, the Polish economy shrank by 8.9 percent.more

The slight slowdown in the construction market, combined with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, negatively affected the forecasts for 2020 and raised uncertainty levels in the industry for the coming years, the consulting company Deloitte assessed.more

The UK went into recession for the first time in 11 years. This is a consequence of the decline in GDP in the second quarter of this year by a record 20.4 percent. compared to the previous one, the British statistical office ONS reported this morning.more

The vast majority of us (71 percent) positively assess our financial situation, and 58 percent. the epidemic did not change the household budget. Nevertheless, we look to the future with fear, writes Rzeczpospolita on Wednesday.more

Employment in the UK fell by the largest amount in over a decade between April and June, official figures show.more

More than 10,500,000 meals have been bought as part of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme which aims to boost restaurants after lockdown. The Treasury says it has so-far received 10,540,394 claims for individual meals as part the programme, launched by Chancellor Rishi Sunak last month. more

One in three UK employers expect to make staff redundant between July and September, a survey suggests.more

Worldwide economic recovery will be faster if the future coronavirus vaccine is made available to everyone as a public good, World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.more

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak warned that a difficult time would begin when the government's wage subsidy program expires at the end of October. However, he stressed that the aid must not be dragged on forever.more

Due to the coronavirus, activities supporting entrepreneurs and job protection so that the "scourge of unemployment" does not return will continue - said Jacek Sasin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State Assets. He added that there was no question of going back to the universal lockdown.more

The economic recession in the UK due to the coronavirus epidemic will be less severe than expected, but the economic recovery will also take longer, the Bank of England (BoE) said on Thursday. He forecasts that the economy will shrink by 9.5 percent this year.more

New homes and hospitals will be granted "automatic" permission to be built as part of sweeping planning reforms in England, the housing secretary says. more

The Portuguese and Spanish authorities confirmed yesterday that due to the coronavirus crisis in the second quarter of this year. there was the biggest drop in GDP in the history of these countries. In Portugal, compared to the first quarter of this year. it was 14.1 percent, and in Spain - 18.5 percent.more

Travel company TUI said yesterday that it will close 166 UK and Ireland sites in response to the slowdown in tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as a shift in consumer behavior in favor of online booking.more

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 3 percent in June, the second-lowest rate in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported, amid the coronavirus pandemic.more

High Street pasty seller Greggs has decided not to payout last year's dividend as the company prepares to preserve cash in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. more

The UK economy could take until 2024 to return to the size it was before the coronavirus lockdown, according to analysis from the EY Item Club.more

The board of directors of Crossrail have said it will not open as planned in summer next year because of delays caused by coronavirus.more

The government's failure to plan for the economic impact of a pandemic is "astonishing", a committee of MPs says.more

So far, we are not able to swallow this bitter pill. The EU cannot disappoint people; common debts will not make sense without financing European programs - said representatives of the Renew Europe, EPP and S&D faction in the EP in today's debate. They appealed for particulars regarding the rule of law.more

EU leaders were making progress on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned the discussions could still fall apart.more