Government to inject equity into state-owned carrier in latest intervention in aviation sector

Former FTSE 100 group has been in turmoil over its financial arrangements for months 

Buyout groups wants a slice of the bailout and with thousands of jobs at risk, they’re hard to turn down

Third of UK small businesses reported so low on cash they cannot survive longer than 2 more weeks

Your chance to grill FT experts on the government’s rescue measures for small businesses

In 2008, it was decided an over-leveraged banking system must be bailed in by the private sector. Post lock-down the exact opposite is true.

Government-backed scheme designed to help smaller UK firms launches on Monday

Requests from small businesses estimated at £3.3bn as banks open for coronavirus support

There are potent moments here amid the stage-managed gloss

Corneliu Porumboiu’s film introduces us to a man with big ideas for the beautiful game

Isle of Man-based Dbay Advisors to charge 18% interest on emergency finance if approved

UK logistics group at risk of collapse without new cash to support its operations

Andrew Tinkler’s TVFB plans emergency equity raising of up to £70m to cut group’s debt

Group to shrink operations in Europe, Japan, and Brazil

Lorry company’s board says lenders will only support refinancing through buyout group’s proposal

Crystal Amber’s move shows sign of confidence in struggling UK group

Dbay’s offer for haulage group wins ‘overwhelming’ majority of votes

Former CEO and fifth-largest shareholder severs ties with group that sacked him

Neobank’s funding round sets new valuation parameters; De La Rue battles to last a decade

The division in tackling coronavirus in the US is not based on politics but on competence  

Rana Foroohar and Edward Luce talked to readers on the pandemic’s international impact

Coronavirus is depriving the former vice-president of a real campaign

FCA chief says regulators will lose faith in how US handles crises if regime changes

Social security overhaul is key part of plan to rein in budget deficit

When employees reveal wrongdoing, instead of being rewarded they are often punished

Penalty for manipulation of Isdafix benchmark is German group’s latest American setback

EU foreign ministers this week postponed a decision on whether to open membership negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia until October, prompting a warning from the two countries' leaders that the delay could strengthen the hand of nationalist forces. Gideon Rachmans discusses the EU's dilemma on the Balkans with Ben Hall and Valerie Hopkins.

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The pandemic will prompt new rules insisting on better margins for error and will embed more safety-first habits

The Evolution Garden takes visitors on a chronological walk through plant life, with some surprising associations

An exhibition at Tate explores grand, ornate houses and gardens à la Versailles

Warning of potential harm from tendency to use invasive equipment too quickly

Demonstrators defy coronavirus lockdown and set fire to banks amid mounting currency crisis and joblessness

Kingdom battles to protect economy in face of oil rout and fallout from pandemic

International financial support at risk as leading figures fight over economic crisis

Asset management leadership also changed in reshuffle at Swiss lender

PageGroup and Robert Walters cite Brexit, Sino-US trade war and Hong Kong protests

World’s largest container shipping group may use strengthened balance sheet to swoop

Regulations are dripping with good intentions but come at a cost

China shutdown leaves crews stuck at sea, shipyards deserted and shipowners hunting for work

Premium offered for shares as group seeks to pay back debt owed by its parent company

China’s exports show signs of recovery but demand falters in US and Europe

Combining Virgin Media and O2 would reshape British telecoms market

Liberty Global’s buccaneering owner sets his sights on Telefonica’s O2

US car rental group backed by billionaire Carl Icahn extends crucial payment deadline

Style options distilled from a confluence of African, Arab and Mediterranean cultures

Eric Clapton’s collaborator Duane Allman helped transform the song into a bravura rock showpiece

The annual parade of work by living composers went online, performed from living rooms

With swaggering reggae beats to modern Maghrebi, the near-original line-up reunites for a new studio album

Jazz, folk and classical influences merge as the pianist revisits traditional music collected by the Hungarian composer

French high-speed rail maker looks to bulk up in face of Chinese competition