Fans cheer prospect of Ashley exit but obstacles remain to getting deal across line

77-year-old entrepreneur BR Shetty ‘looking to buy out Emirati partners’

FCA and group seek to clarify positions of BR Shetty and other leading shareholders

Khalid al-Falih to lead a new government ministry for investment

Kingdom to raise crude production and offer deep discounts just as coronavirus hits demand

Middle East-focused group’s discovery follows revelations over undisclosed debt

Capital expenditure expected to fall 23% at state energy company

State-backed company says it can sustain 12m barrels a day for up to a year

Government revenues plummet as crude prices sink and private sector cuts jobs 

Government to inject equity into state-owned carrier in latest intervention in aviation sector

Rare sign of investor confidence in industry battered by coronavirus pandemic

Online trading platform says revenue for this year will far exceed expectations

City investor will back ailing groups looking to raise capital but warns of difficult decisions

Claer Barrett wants to hear readers’ experiences of accessing business interruption loans

At least 21,000 more companies failed in March compared with the year before 

A payout passed leaves a scar on a company’s record that can never be erased 

Research by accountancy network reveals 7 in 10 respondents have lost half their revenue

Your chance to grill FT experts on the government’s rescue measures for small businesses

Grassroots manufacturers overcome lack of machinery, materials and supply chain experience

English companies with shared offices excluded from coronavirus rescue package

Threat of redundancies and business failures means higher earners need help with their finances

Government to provide £617m to plug gaps in rescue package based on business rates system

Academy makes exemption to rule over screening films in cinemas

Berlin’s property boom is the setting for Cüneyt Kaya’s film

Alain Delon stars in this existential thriller, set in Nazi-occupied Paris

The much-loved film critic traces how the nation’s film industry found its voice in a three-part series on BBC4

From skiing in the high Andes to free-diving beneath a frozen Finnish lake

Corneliu Porumboiu’s crime movie is a colourful tribute to noir classics

Printing group’s polymer banknotes may be hard to rip, but its share price is not

Shares drop to record low as chief admits company is ‘overstretched’

Advanced equipment can detect problems 75 days before they occur

Isle of Man-based Dbay Advisors to charge 18% interest on emergency finance if approved

Debbie White to step down as group strengthens leadership of its three divisions

UK logistics group at risk of collapse without new cash to support its operations

Postal services group says unit could slump to loss next year with revamp ‘behind schedule’

UK group points to ‘material uncertainty’ if a turnround plan does not tackle debt pile

Andrew Tinkler’s TVFB plans emergency equity raising of up to £70m to cut group’s debt

Group to shrink operations in Europe, Japan, and Brazil

Dbay’s offer for haulage group wins ‘overwhelming’ majority of votes

Private equity epiphany; Royal Mail; CEO succession at HSBC

Internet orders and cargo plane demand could help DHL-owner meet €5bn operating profit goal

Sloppy housekeeping, soaring debt and spendthrift ways were easier to ignore in a stronger market

President’s travel ban will not calm markets or address the threat facing America

Even before the coronavirus outbreak, many people found isolation a normal way of living

Rana Foroohar and Edward Luce talked to readers on the pandemic’s international impact

A new wave and second lockdown would be a bigger hit to wealth than a cautious return to work, but Donald Trump is refusing to listen

Reopening states to boost the economy despite the scientific evidence will do more damage than good

Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Tata’s chief executive, forecasts a major shift to more flexible working arrangements

FCA chief says regulators will lose faith in how US handles crises if regime changes

Fears of Russian influence revive drive to track corporations’ true owners