Mobile operator’s move could potentially delay sale already affected by coronavirus upheaval

Holiday Inn owner outlines ‘visible’ hygiene changes as rival Hilton reports slide in revenue

Companies must balance costs of staying shut against concerns for staff safety

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss how the overhaul at Deutsche Bank is going, catch up with the challenges facing challenger banks and look at why Citigroup is coming under pressure to restructure. With special guest Mark Mullen, chief executive of Atom Bank

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producers: Andrew Georgiades and Fiona Symon

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Leonard Cohen's most famous song nearly wasn't released after being rejected by his record label. It is now among the most covered songs, with notable contributions from Jeff Buckley, John Cale and Rufus Wainwright. Credits: Sony Music, UMOD, Syco Music, Columbia, Nonesuch  

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The past decade has been transformational for our finances, but the next could be more challenging 

ECJ issues rare warning over EU legal order after German judges question its superiority

Business being bought from Blackstone-led consortium has lost ground to Bloomberg

Henrik Adam outlines ‘urgent priority’ to boost performance as he cuts 1,250 jobs

ECB intends to resist court injunction to justify its sovereign bond purchases

Putting aside £100 a week is just a pipe dream — and what would it achieve anyway?

To avert disaster, solidarity between countries must be as strong as within them

Backblaze today announced that its B2 Cloud Storage service is now API-compatible with Amazon’s S3 storage service. Backblaze started as an affordable cloud backup service, but over the last few years, the company has also taken its storage expertise and launched the developer-centric B2 Cloud Storage service, which promises to be significantly cheaper than similar […]

Just as challenger banks have appeared in the B2C space, so to have B2B startup banks aimed at small businesses, among them startups like Qonto (Fr), Tide (UK), Penta (GER) and CountingUp (UK). Today another such firm, Finom, has closed a €6.5m ($7M) seed funding round led by Target Global, with participation from General Catalyst. […]

Backblaze today announced that its B2 Cloud Storage service is now API-compatible with Amazon’s S3 storage service. Backblaze started as an affordable cloud backup service, but over the last few years, the company has also taken its storage expertise and launched the developer-centric B2 Cloud Storage service, which promises to be significantly cheaper than similar […]

Is it feast or famine for food delivery startups during the coronavirus pandemic? The UK’s Deliveroo has confirmed it’s axing more than 350 staff — or around 15% of its global headcount. Late yesterday the Telegraph reported that the London-based startup will be cutting 367 staff and furloughing a further 50 out of a total headcount […]

Three important steps can save your business for the future.

When a business is running at its peak in all areas, efficiency and profitability increase exponentially.

Chris Hughes has reportedly been axed from Sport Relief's The Heat Is On challenge, following his shocking brawl at the National Television Awards last month.

The model, 17, looked back on his woes and highlights from the year by sharing a series of snaps to Instagram on Tuesday, which saw him pose beside his mother Elizabeth, 54, and friends.

Fallon Sherrock has been confirmed as one of the nine 'challengers' who will feature in the 2020 Premier League. She shot to fame at the World Darts Championship.

With football across Europe suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, the American is using his spare time to hone his skills, doing keepy-uppys whilst moving in tune to Drake's new single.

Virgin Trains has apologised after it was claimed that a staff member challenged only Olympic star Louis Smith and another black passenger about their first class tickets.

People from across the globe have been getting creative with their footwear as they compete in the viral 'Walk A Mile' challenge, inspired by Iggy Azalea's debut single 'Work'.

Lionel Messi is the latest footballer to take on the 'stay at home challenge' as stars attempt to keep themselves entertained with sport on hold due to coronavirus.

Few of the athletes competing at the European Indoor Championships will have had to factor in room for textbooks in their luggage but Morgan Lake is making sure her school grades don’t suffer.

Jessica Ennis-Hill has revealed she faces her ‘biggest challenge ever’ as she attempts to juggle being a mother with winning gold at next year’s Rio Olympics.

The EastEnders star took to Instagram on Saturday evening where she posted the run of photos, which had been taken in a photobooth on their first date 13 years ago

Swimmer Ryan Lochte's Playboy model wife went topless in his Flip The Switch TikTok challenge video on Sunday.

DEREK LAWRENSON: Here in the tourist capital of America they're fond of telling you it's the place where dreams come true. For Frankie Molinari, it has proved the place where the dream goes on.

Vossi Bop hitmaker Stormzy, 26, and his rival, 41, reignited their feud on Twitter over the weekend, just weeks after their first heated exchange over the social media platform.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wants to bring a class-action lawsuit to the Supreme Court against the government's phone and Internet anti-terrorism surveillance programs

The lawsuit’s announcement comes only hours after the secret FISA court renewed the government’s permission Friday to collect bulk telephone metadata.

Paul is already trying to score points for the next election cycle by painting Tuesday night's losses as a failure for Clinton - even though she wasn't on the ballot in any state.

On Monday night MasterChef took it's amateur chefs to South Australia where they met a challenge of futuristic proportions which left viewers aghast.

It was one of the most difficult challenges in MasterChef history. 

On Tuesday's episode of MasterChef, favourites Ben Borsht and Sashi Cheliah went head to head to win an advantage ahead of Wednesday night's challenge. 

People from across the world have taken to Instagram with creative snaps of outfits they've made using shopping bags as part of a new viral challenge.

A new brainteaser, created by National Accident Helpline, challenges the nation to find the 14 household items that can cause injury in the home - but can you beat the 23 second record?

Rory McIlroy says victory at next month's Open Championship would be the 'most special' of his career.

England head coach Stuart Lancaster believes the 'fantastic potential' of Henry Slade will drive his challenge for a place in the 2015 rugby World Cup squad.

The Rugby Football League made a loss of £327,000 in 2018, which it says was largely due to the low crowd for the Challenge Cup final.

INTERVIEW BY MIKE KEEGAN: With his chiselled jaw, bulging biceps and St Helens polo shirt, Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook looks every inch the rugby league player.

MIKE KEEGAN AT WEMBLEY: Warrington Wolves have won the Challenge Cup after overcoming the odds to defeat favourites St Helens in a competitive final at Wembley Stadium.

GAME has today confirmed it intends to close 40 stores throughout the UK. Notice has been served at sites in Derby, Norwich Chapelfield, Lakeside, Bexleyheath and Carmarthen.

Jarrod Woodgate debuted his new bleach blonde hair on Friday.

Sam Allardyce wants to return to management but only at a club that has ambitions of success in the Premier League. He has been out of work since leaving Everton at the end of the 2017-18 season.

American sprinter Justin Gatlin finished the season undefeated in all of his 18 races with a 9.83 seconds 100 metre win at the IAAF world challenge meeting in Rieti on Sunday.

Sprinter Justin Gatlin ran into a new row on Tuesday when he flew home on the eve of the Beijing World Challenge, claiming organisers told him they did not want him competing.