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Odeon has become the latest cinema chain to say it will reopen on 17 May following months of lockdown closures.

Ikea has launched its delayed “Buy Back” scheme allowing customers to sell their old furniture back to the retailer.

The digital currency Ethereum has broken past $3,000 (£2,100), to quadruple its value this year.

The UK has recorded the biggest surge in business formations in over four years as the economy fights back from the pandemic, official figures have shown.

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group will spend £60m buying back shares despite warning less than a month ago that it would suffer a £200m pandemic hit.

Earnings at Lloyds Banking Group have rebounded, with a forecast-beating £1.9bn in pre-tax profits for the first quarter, as the lender released cash that had been earmarked for potential loan defaults triggered by the pandemic.

Fresh questions have been raised over Amazon’s tax planning after its latest corporate filings in Luxembourg revealed that the company collected record sales income of €44bn (£38bn) in Europe last year but did not have to pay any corporation tax to the Grand Duchy.

The prime minister has announced new trade and investment deals with India worth £1bn.

Hospitality bosses have lost a legal challenge for a faster reopening for indoor dining in England.

The chief executive of Greene King has warned the government that lifting all restrictions on pubs next month is “absolutely critical” to restoring the industry’s fortunes.

The government was accused of being reckless over the regulation of electric scooters yesterday after it was disclosed that a decision on legalising their use will be delayed by up to 12 months.

The mayor of New York has called 80,000 municipal workers back to their desks in an effort to spur the recovery of a city hollowed out by the pandemic.

Business confidence has hit its highest level for two and a half years, a survey suggests.

The Co-operative Group is to stop selling plastic “bags for life” because, with many shoppers using them only once, they have become as big a problem as the single-use carriers they replaced.

Britain’s biggest sex toy brand has been given royal approval with an award from the Queen.