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Horticulturalist Ben Cross has grown a bumper crop of flowers, but was worried that they would go to waste as his florists and wholesalers has closed due to the coronavirus. So instead he’s teamed up with a supermarket to send his blooms to frontline NHS workers with their food orders. Ben, who runs Crosslands Flower […]

Image copyright Press Association The trade association that represents ferry companies transporting goods in and out of the UK has called on the government to provide financial support quickly to keep services running. The UK Chamber of Shipping said a steep drop in passenger numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic meant it was fast becoming

Image copyright Mazen Kourouche Image caption Mazen Kourouche likes to be among the first to get the latest iPhone Every Autumn, Mazen Kourouche heads to the biggest Apple Store in Sydney, Australia, and queues up for hours to be one of the first people in the world to get his hands on the latest iPhone.

Image copyright Getty Images A number of British Airways cabin crew have contracted the coronavirus when operating long haul flights over the past two weeks. Unions are calling on airlines to do more to minimise the exposure of staff. But BA pilots and cabin crew say the airline was slow to take action to protect

Image copyright Jen Smith Image caption Jen Smith lives in Shenzhen, where it’s compulsory to wear a mask outside at all times My Money is a series looking at how people spend their money – and the sometimes tough decisions they have to make. Here, Jen Smith, a children’s TV presenter from Shenzhen in southern

A Delta Air Lines executive directed pilots who test positive for the coronavirus withhold the diagnosis from flight attendants and other colleagues, according to video of an internal discussion among leaders of the pilots’ union.  In the nine-minute video, which appears to have been recorded in secret and posted Thursday to YouTube, a union representative

Image copyright Shaun Francis “I’m 56-years-old, why would I take out a loan with little income when the economy might take a long time to come back?” Shaun Francis is one of many small business owners with concerns about the government’s coronavirus loan scheme. He told the BBC that taking a loan out in his

Image copyright Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic could trigger a global slump bigger than the Great Depression of the 1930s, a closely watched international survey suggests. Manufacturing and services sectors in key geographical areas, including the UK, US and the eurozone, saw record falls in activity during March, according to Purchasing Managers’ Index data. The

Image copyright Steve Morgan/British Steel Image caption British Steel said it would take “decisive action” to protect its people and operations British Steel is pausing production at one of its plants on Teesside for at least three weeks. The Tees Valley Mayor said he had been assured by the company there would be no job

Image copyright Getty Images New Look says it is suspending payments to suppliers for existing stock “indefinitely”, telling them in a letter that the stock can be collected by its owners. The retailer is also cancelling orders for its Spring and Summer clothing lines and won’t pay costs towards them. New Look told the BBC