Pub, leisure stocks help push FTSE higher as England prepares to lift restrictions – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news as businesses in England prepare to reopen on 12 April
- ‘Sunshine shifts’ and parasols as English pubs prepare for reopening
- Travel industry frustrated by lack of clarity on road map to reopening
Just days after Deliveroo made its (conditional, yet disappointing) stock market debut last week, its riders are planning a strike.
I’m going on strike for my basic rights and those of all the other riders struggling to get by and support families on Deliveroo poverty pay.
I’ve seen conditions decline for years and then working through lockdown I contracted Covid-19 and got very little support from Deliveroo.
Stronger recoveries from the Covid-19 pandemic in the US, the UK and other rich western countries will result in faster than expected growth for the global economy this year, the International Monetary Fund has predicted.
The Washington-based IMF’s half-yearly World Economic Outlook (WEO) said successful vaccine programmes, businesses adapting to the challenges of lockdown and Joe Biden’s $1.9tn (£1.4tn) stimulus package had been key factors in the upgrade.
The IMF projects the global economy to grow at 6% in 2021 and 4.4% in 2022, following an estimated historic contraction of –3.3% in 2020. More in the just-released April 2021 World Economic Outlook. https://t.co/zMbMuNQBsJ #WEO pic.twitter.com/cycErJy8Bt
It is one year into the Covid-19 pandemic and the global community still confronts extreme social and economic strain as the human toll rises and millions remain unemployed.
Related: Western economies recovering faster than expected from Covid, says IMF
