Intu warns shopping centres may close as funding talks continue
Craig TaylorIntu, owner of the Trafford, Braehead and Lakeside shopping centres, puts administrators on standby. BBC News – Business
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Black business managers still underrepresented, says study
Just 1.5% of top bosses at UK companies are black. compared to 3% of the population. BBC News – Business
Coronavirus: Airport tests may provide ‘early travel quarantine release’
Companies involved in a trial say testing passengers for coronavirus would be a “win-win”. BBC News – Business
Coronavirus: Dozens of people ‘chasing every job’ in poor areas
On average, 20 unemployed people are chasing each vacancy in poor areas, rising to 50 in places badly hit by the virus. BBC News – Business
Nationwide caps mortgage lending due to virus
The UK’s biggest building society is lowering its ceiling on mortgage lending to new customers. BBC News – Business
Alfie, The 6-Year-Old Businessman
jordonc ✅Watch out business owners – there’s a new entrepreneur in town, who’s 5 times younger than you, and is doing your job better. Alfie Bradley has set up his own garden maintenance company during lockdown, after overcoming a speech impediment he’s had from a young age. He’s 6 years old. Alfreds cutting services has been…