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Coronavirus: Post Office To Deliver Cash To The Vulnerable

Travel money services are redirected to help shielded people in one of a variety of new schemes. Read more

Coronavirus: Ads For Vitamin Drips Banned By Regulator

The Advertising Standards Authority fast-tracked its probe because of growing health anxieties over the pandemic. Read more

Lululemon Sacks Employee Over China T-shirt Uproar

The retailer dismisses art director for promoting a design based on a coronavirus conspiracy theory. Read more

Coronavirus: Animal Clothing To Close Threatening Up To 500 Jobs

Owner H Young Holdings is blaming an "extremely challenging" market exacerbated by coronavirus. Read more

ICE Cold: Microsoft's GitHub Wrings Hands Over US Prez's Trump Immigration Ban Plan

Yeah, about that contract you signed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Microsoft-owned code shack, GitHub, wr... Read more

Coronavirus: UK Inflation Hits 1.5% As Lockdown Begins To Bite

Clothing and fuel prices slide as economists warn of sharp falls in inflation ahead. Read more

Boohoo Lockdown Sales Boom Thanks To Tops And Joggers

The online fashion retailer says customers want to look good when videoconferencing with colleagues. Read more

Coronavirus: Businesses Adapting To Life Under Lockdown

UK companies tell the BBC how they have changed in order to survive the coronavirus lockdown. Read more

Coronavirus: How A Plus-size Fashion Retailer Is Adapting

Ojoma Idegwu, founder of plus-size fashion label Dear Curves, explains how she is adapting to coronavirus. Read more

House Of Commons Agrees To Allow Zoom App In Parliament, British MPs Will Still Have To Dress Smartly

How long till this gets hacked? The House of Commons today approved so-called "hybrid sessions" – MPs participating i... Read more

Do Not Adjust Your Set: Here Are Three Stories About The IT Industry Doing Some Good During COVID-19 Pandemic

Let's stow the snark a mo and acknowledge this helpful tech Roundup  In a departure from our usual snark, The Register... Read more

The Stealthy Little Drones That Fly Like Insects

Making wings that flap is very difficult, but it has real advantages as some are finding out. Read more

Academics: We Hate To Ask, But Could Governments Kindly Refrain From Building Giant Data-slurping, Contact-tracing Coronavirus Monsters?

Decentralise over Bluetooth, say 300 scholars Hundreds of academics have warned governments around the world not to com... Read more

Coronavirus Lockdown Forces UK Retailers To Shut 382 Million Square Feet Of Floor Space

At a cost of £14.5bn and counting Analytics house GlobalData has calculated that British retailers have shut 382 milli... Read more

UK Government To Take Equity In Struggling Startups With £250m 'Future Fund'

Borrowers can score between £500k and £5m if they have a track record, co-investors, and can afford eight percent int... Read more