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Image copyright Getty Images Burger King chief executive Alasdair Murdoch has said that the fast food chain will not be paying rent due on its UK restaurants this week. Hundreds of High Street businesses are set to withhold their quarterly rent payments, which are due on Wednesday, so they can afford to pay their staff. […]

Image copyright Famille Carabello-Baum Image caption Michael Baum with a barrel of grapes The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Michael Baum, US software multimillionaire and vineyard owner. When American tech entrepreneur Michael Baum bought a prestigious winery in France’s Burgundy region it

Image copyright Alamy Carmakers are answering calls from governments to help make more ventilators and face masks to help out during the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday Fiat began converting one of its car plants in China to start making about one million masks a month. The carmaker wants to start production in the coming weeks,

Image copyright Getty Images Amazon is teaming up with researchers funded by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to pick up and deliver coronavirus test kits. The Gates Foundation-backed Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN) is learning how the infection spreads. It involves collecting nasal swabs to track the virus among residents of Seattle’s King County in Washington.

Image copyright Chloe Hall Image caption Freelance marketing consultant Chloe Hall says the self-employed feel forgotten about Freelance workers feel they have been forgotten, after hearing about the latest financial measures announced by the UK government on Friday to bolster the economy against the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced increased benefits

Many people are working from home for the first time, since governments have called for remote working to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. Teams that traditionally met in the office are turning to video software instead. Guenaelle Watson of the 360 Workplace consultancy gives seven tips for holding better video meetings. Produced, filmed and edited

Image copyright Getty Images All shops selling non-essential goods will be closed immediately as the government imposes tougher controls to try and fight the coronavirus. The shutdown will include clothing and electronic shops and other premises such as chocolate and book chains. However, shops which sell essential items, such as supermarkets and pharmacies, will remain

Image copyright AFP Image caption The government has promised the biggest intervention in private sector business since World War Two The government has released more details about the £350bn package of financial support which Chancellor Rishi Sunak has promised to UK business to deal with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Last week he set

UK hospitals are struggling to get the ventilators they need to support coronavirus patients who develop severe breathing problems, and the usual suppliers cannot meet demand. Other factories are trying to switch their systems to producing ventilators for hospitals, including Prodrive, a company in Oxfordshire which usually makes racing cars. Theo Leggett – Reporter Filmed

Image copyright Getty Images The government’s £330bn rescue package for British businesses doesn’t go far enough, some firms have warned. They fear they are too big for a new interest-free loan scheme, but not credit-worthy enough for a Bank of England finance option. One firm falling through the cracks is Pure Gym. It employs just