In its initial response to Rishi Sunak’s Budget, the CBI has praised the chancellor on a series of commitments that it believes will succeed in getting businesses and people through the COVID-induced crisis. Its focus should now be on the UK’s competitive position in the round, including fundamental reform of the unfair Business Rates system.

With its world-leading vaccination programme in full swing, the UK is beginning to gear up for the next big return to work. As they address the options in the final weeks of the current country-wide lockdown, business group Resilience First is warning office-based firms not to plan for full occupancy.

Human resources departments within UK-based businesses are planning to double down on their efforts to manage the health and well-being of their employees over the next 18 months, according to a survey.

Some of the best-known names in British music are lending their voices to a campaign to help reboot the live entertainment sector from this summer. They are joining MPs and a number of industry associations in urging the government to extend existing underwriting schemes, such as the £500m fund set up for the film and television sector, to other creative industries.

February's verdict for Lloyd's in the first COVID-19 business interruption lawsuit to go to trial highlights insurers' strength in such cases in the US, according to a new report published by Bloomberg Intelligence.

Ongoing uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 crisis presents huge challenges for corporate travel. In some countries, infections are falling, while in other regions, mutated viruses are undergoing a rapid spread. Other additional hazards are coming to the fore in some regions with often severe consequences.