Struggling homeowners hit by the pandemic are being evicted by banks in court hearings lasting just nine minutes — often with no legal representation.

Dozens of homeowners have already lost their homes, a joint probe by Money Mail and The Bureau Of Investigative Journalism found. 

The new boss of Barclays will have a home in London – but split his time between the City and New York.

CS Venkatakrishnan, who likes to be known as Venkat, took the helm on Monday after Jes Staley’s shock departure following a probe into his connections with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The Cambridge Satchel Company has long been a favourite with celebrities, but that has not stopped the British firm losing nearly £2million in the year to June 2020 having failed to register a profit since 2014.

Founder Julie Deane, who received a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours this summer, has vowed to stick to her guns despite a share issue in 2019 diluting her control. 

US drugs giant Pfizer has raised its forecast for Covid-19 vaccine sales amid booming demand.

It now expects to rake in £26.5billion from the coronavirus shot this year – up from the £11billion targeted in February and £24.6billion in July.

The chaos that has crippled global supply chains will extend into next year, says the world’s biggest shipping company.

AP Moller-Maersk warned a lack of truck drivers was preventing hundreds of container vessels from offloading goods around the world.

‘The whole system has become one gigantic bottleneck,’ said Maersk chief executive Soren Skou yesterday.

Starling chief executive Anne Boden said the bank wants to list on the public markets in 'a year or two'.  She added: 'I very much hope we can do it in London.' 

But in a caveat which could worry Chancellor Rishi Sunak, as he tries to attract more tech firms to London, she went on: 'I think that would be the default option, unless we're persuaded otherwise.'

Tesla shares soared last week after Hertz announced a massive deal to buy 100,000 Tesla vehicles. It was Tesla’s biggest-ever order and the company’s value rose above $1trillion.

But boss Musk took to Twitter yesterday and said: ‘If any of this is based on Hertz, I’d like to emphasise that no contract has been signed yet. Hertz deal has zero effect on our economics.’

Omni Energy, MA Energy, Zebra Power and Ampoweruk all said they will cease trading yesterday.

It comes after supplier Bluegreen Energy Services, which had 5,900 customers, collapsed on Monday as soaring gas prices put the squeeze on the sector.