Rates of pay growth are running at their highest level since 2008, according to official figures which also show "early signs" of stabilisation for payrolled employment despite the continuing coronavirus pandemic.

Facebook will lift a block on news pages in Australia following a week-long standoff between the social media giant and the government. 

Businesses have cautiously welcomed news that the non-essential retail sector could reopen as soon as 12 April but, for some, it will be too late.

Boeing 777s with the same engine as the one which caught fire after taking off from Denver will be temporarily banned from entering UK airspace.

The London-listed estate agent Foxtons is in talks to buy its smaller rival, Douglas & Gordon, as it eyes takeover bargains in the coronavirus-affected housing market.