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• Covid: A tenth of Britain's restaurants lost during pandemic

  As bars, pubs and restaurants prepare to welcome customers back indoors, some will not reopen at all.

• No alternative to vaccine passports, says Dubai airport boss

  Dubai is the world's busiest airport and its boss says vaccine passports will get us flying again.

• Santander banking services working again after day of technical problems

  The bank says all of its services are now working as normal and promises "no one will be out of pocket".

• Last Debenhams stores close their doors

  After 240 years of trading, Debenhams's remaining stores are welcoming customers for the last time.

• Portugal to allow UK tourists from Monday

  The government in Lisbon says anyone arriving will need to take a negative PCR test before departure.

• Gupta empire facing UK fraud probe over Greensill

  The group run by Liberty Steel owner Sanjeev Gupta is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.

• Cleared postmaster hid conviction from his family

  The convictions of two more former Post Office branch managers - wrongly accused of theft - have been quashed.

• Bid to make financial terms and conditions clearer

  The City regulator wants firms to have a Consumer Duty to ensure fairness and value in products.

• Covid: Greece ends lockdown measures and opens to tourists

  Flights arrive in Greece as restrictions on movement are lifted, but infections are still quite high.

• Amazon set to hire 10,000 UK workers

  The tech giant is tightening its grip on retail as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

• US fuel pipeline 'paid hackers $5m in ransom'

  Reports say Colonial Pipeline paid cyber-criminal gang DarkSide a ransom to prevent a data leak.

• Booming UK economy to outpace US, says Haldane

  The Bank of England economist says it's realistic to expect a 'tennis ball bounce' for the UK

• Airbnb predicts unprecedented rebound in travel

  The online booking platform says demand for holidays has soared as some countries emerge from lockdown.

• IBM says chip shortage could last two years

  The President of the US tech giant told the BBC that the shortage could last another two years.

• Debenhams: 'It's only fixtures and fittings, we'll still be friends'

  Staff reminisce about the Mansfield branch of Debenhams, which closed this week, after five decades.

• Building's hard problem - making concrete green

  Concrete accounts for 8% of carbon dioxide emissions, but some firms are hoping to cut that down.

• Jeff Bezos and the secretive world of superyachts

  The world's richest man will reportedly set sail next month on one of the largest superyachts ever built.

• I love being a mogul: The Hollywood stars going into business

  With the pandemic shutting down Hollywood over the past year, actors have been starting companies.

• HS2 high-speed rail project begins underground tunnel

  At 170m long, "Florence" is the largest ever tunnelling machine to be used on a UK rail project.

• Arthur Beale: Sailing goods business closes shop after 500 years

  The Arthur Beale store, which sells specialist marine supplies, says the pandemic has forced its closure.