Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said building sites can continue to operate in Ireland despite calls for them to be shut to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

London: Barratt Developments Plc, Britain’s biggest home-builder by volume, reported a narrower first-half loss after it increased average selling prices.

The British economy, Europe’s second-largest, may outpace the euro region for a fifth year in 2004, suggesting the central bank will raise interest rates more quickly than its European counterpart, surveys of economists showed.