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

In 2008, it was decided an over-leveraged banking system must be bailed in by the private sector. Post lock-down the exact opposite is true.

Government-backed scheme designed to help smaller UK firms launches on Monday

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

The French director’s centenary is celebrated with a new box set of his subdued, subtle films

New period drama about an aspiring actor pulls back the curtain on postwar Tinseltown

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

Kitty Green’s response to the Harvey Weinstein case unfolds with muted rage

A woman’s life unravels spectacularly in this wildly original movie

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

A formidable film actor in an industry in thrall to its movie stars

Plus: the FT's film critic on what to watch now

Join FT film critic Danny Leigh for a live chat on Friday May 1 at 12pm and 5pm UK time

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

Sam Mendes’ powerfully immersive Great War drama; a camply cavorting Hitler in Nazi-era fable

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

The Romanian director’s new film is a noirish tale built around a non-verbal language from a small Spanish island

Elizabeth Carroll’s documentary spotlights Kennedy as celebrity cook and social historian

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

There are potent moments here amid the stage-managed gloss

Corneliu Porumboiu’s film introduces us to a man with big ideas for the beautiful game

Shelagh McLeod’s film is a small, warm drama of space and family

‘The Whistlers’, ‘Becoming’, ‘Astronaut’, ‘Infinite Football’, ‘Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy’ and from 1976 ‘Mr Klein’, starring Alain Delon — all reviewed by Danny Leigh

In an exclusive first interview, the CEO talks about his love of scary movies, video games and why the BFI should be like ‘a nerdy friend’

Greta Gerwig’s Little Women comes up a little short; Pixar’s latest sends elf brother on a quest with half a dad

GFSL said liquidated company’s services were ‘unacceptable’

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’

Postal group says strike ballot had ‘irregularities’ making it ‘null and void’

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’

Only when Royal Mail turns round its UK business will it get a more cheering message across

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

Lorry company’s board says lenders will only support refinancing through buyout group’s proposal

Crystal Amber’s move shows sign of confidence in struggling UK group

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

Former CEO and fifth-largest shareholder severs ties with group that sacked him

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