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As shoppers clear chicken off grocery store shelves, poultry processing workers are feeling the pressure to meet demand inside crowded plants during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, several plants have workers who have tested positive for COVID-19. In a memo to employees dated March 31 and obtained by HuffPost, Sanderson Farms, one of the largest poultry […]

Image copyright Getty Images Debenhams, the department store chain, is facing administration for a second time. The retailer is set to appoint administrators as early next week to protect the company against claims from creditors as it tries to restructure its business. Debenhams has already closed 22 stores this year and plans to shut a

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCoronavirus: Millions of Americans unemployed A decade of jobs growth in the US came to an abrupt halt in March as employers shed 701,000 jobs amid the coronavirus outbreak. The unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, according to new data from the US Department of Labor. The leisure

Image copyright Getty Images The coronavirus outbreak has left many people in the UK unsure about their income and how they’ll get money while we’re in lockdown. So BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat has been speaking to experts at Citizens Advice England to find out what you can do if you’re worried about paying your bills.

Image copyright Getty Images Until recently, many people in the UK had never heard of furlough. But the impact of coronavirus on the economy means that over the next few months millions of workers will rely on the scheme. Questions directed at Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been asked on social media under the hashtag #AskRishi.

Image copyright Getty Images Sainsbury’s has said that it will start to ease some restrictions on the quantities of items that shoppers can buy, starting from this Sunday. In line with other supermarkets, it has limited popular items to counter panic buying during the coronavirus pandemic. But now it says it is starting to remove

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Coronavirus has halted many global deliveries Globalisation has been one of the buzzwords of the past 25 years. It may seem a rather strange concept, since any economic historian will tell you that people have been trading across vast distances for centuries, if not millennia. You only have to

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption About 4.3bn journeys were made by bus in England in 2018-19 The government will cover the losses of bus companies in England over the next three months to ensure that services can still run. The UK’s bus industry says passenger numbers have “fallen off a cliff” since the government

Image copyright Getty Images Shares in Luckin Coffee have slumped after the company said one of its top executives and other employees had faked sales figures. The Chinese coffee chain has now suspended its chief operating officer Jian Liu and staff reporting to him. It comes after the company appointed a special committee to investigate

Image copyright Getty Images A quick walk down any deserted high street or a video chat with friends and family is a reminder that currently it is anything but business as normal. But for the first time the UK’s official number-crunchers, the Office for National Statistics (ONS), has put out a comprehensive account of how