If getting back to normal means mindless shopping, forget it

The cycle of consumption has been transformed by the pandemic and we have seen through the miserable con of ‘retail therapy’, writes Suzanne Moore

Frustrated companies fume at Boris Johnson’s England lockdown U-turn

Coronavirus: beauty salons and casinos among businesses hit by last-minute change

‘My parents helped me pack lube’: from sex toys to bidets, the lockdown businesses that boomed

While some firms have been devastated as Covid-19 grips the planet, others have seen their sales go off the chart. How have they coped?

The pelvic mesh scandal makes it clear: doctors must declare any funding

We need a public register to show which doctors are in the pay of industry – or more patients will suffer, says author and broadcaster Margaret McCartney

Tobacco firm funded attack on council quit-smoking services

Exclusive: PR company failed to tell local newspapers it was working for British American Tobacco

Operators of gyms and pools query England’s new lockdown rules

Nightclubs also off limits but pubs can open – prompting accusations of inconsistencies

Blam! Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger to teach British pupils about money

Bank of England and Beano team up in primary school course on financial literacy

UK’s 7,000 gyms prepare for post-lockdown health warning

Extra cleaning, spacing and masks can help but health concerns and the ‘Joe Wicks effect’ may slash membership by 2m

Up to 43m Americans could lose health insurance amid pandemic, report says

Prior to pandemic, 160 million got insurance through their job – but up to 7 million are unlikely to find new plans, say researchers

Condom sales down as lockdown limits sex lives, says Durex maker

Physical distancing rules to limit coronavirus spread taking toll on ‘number of intimate occasions’