West Country Money

UK unemployment claims soared by more than 69% in April after the coronavirus lockdown gripped the labour market, official figures revealed.

Wiltshire's Sir James Dyson tops Sunday Times Rich List for the first time with an estimated net worth of £16.2 billion.

The zoo is the first in the region to have been granted access to emergency funding from the Government.

Thousands of tourism reliant businesses in the South West are struggling to keep going as the UK enters its seventh weekend in lockdown.

Colonel Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who has raised millions for the NHS, has turned 100 and the region wishes him a happy birthday.

The pub chain said around 43,000 staff, more than 99% of its workforce, have been furloughed in the face of the pandemic.

The Government’s scheme to help pay people’s wages and support businesses amid the Covid-19 pandemic has gone live, but how does it work?

A financial package aimed at helping self-employed workers get through the Covid-19 crisis will be announced by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

The tolls have been suspended for at least three weeks.

The Gloucestershire-made car, which aims to breaks the 800mph barrier, must secure further funding in the next few weeks.