The UK’s economy will bounce back to pre-COVID levels by the end of 2021 despite the end of lockdown being delayed, the CBI has forecast – a year earlier than expected.
Source: Sky Business News

The UK has asked the European Union to extend the grace period on chilled meats being sent from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
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James Watt has promised an independent review of the beer company after fierce criticism from ex-staff.
Source: BBC

UK faces shortage of home-reared chickens as EU workers stay away, says trade group.
Source: BBC

Lingerie firm hopes partnerships with the likes of football star Megan Rapinoe will revamp the brand.
Source: BBC

The advance of Wall Street’s banking giants into the UK financial services sector took another big step today when JP Morgan Chase announced it had bought the digital wealth manager and so-called ‘robo advice’ firm Nutmeg.
Source: Sky Business News

An estimated 2.3 million UK adults now hold cryptoassets such as Bitcoin – despite warnings of the risks involved – according to the City watchdog.
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Many firms face county court judgements for unpaid rent despite the moratorium on commercial evictions.
Source: BBC

The Treasury was “reluctant” to say the scheme could be used this way, emails from a civil servant suggest.
Source: BBC

Britain’s most prominent institutional investor in the world’s biggest technology companies has endorsed a decision by the founders of Wise, the fintech app, to pursue a public listing which will give them super-sized voting rights.
Source: Sky Business News