BBC News – Business

• Amanda Staveley loses High Court fight with Barclays over damages
  A businesswoman who sued Barclays for hundreds of millions has lost her case.
• Blyth 'gigafactory': Ex-offenders offered chance at car battery plant
  The electric car battery plant will be the biggest industrial investment in the North East for years.
• Budget 2021: BBC editors on what to expect
  BBC editors Faisal Islam and Simon Jack tell us what Chancellor Rishi Sunak might have in store.
• Pets at Home says lockdown pet bonanza will bring even higher profits
  The retailer raises its profits forecast yet again as demand for pet products continues to soar.
• Freeports: What are they and will they make the UK money?
  Rishi Sunak thinks the low-tax zones will boost struggling parts of the UK - but not everyone agrees.
• British Airways owner IAG calls for digital health passes
  IAG, which owns British Airways and Iberia, makes a record loss after the pandemic grounds flights.
• Pokémon at 25: Rare cards trade for big money
  Rare cards based on the popular Japanese video game and cartoons are regularly fetching six figures.
• Nightclubs eye June reopening but can they survive?
  Clubs have been closed for almost a year but what will the clubbing experience be like when they reopen?
• Budget 2021: 'My benefits top-up is a lifeline - don't take it away'
  A benefits top-up to help the poor survive lockdown is due to end - unless it is extended at the Budget.
• Budget 2021: Support pubs by cutting beer duty, say Conservative MPs
  Cheaper beer could support struggling pubs MPs argue, but alcohol awareness campaigners are opposed.

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