What the Sunday papers say

SUNDAY EXPRESS

VERY GROUP, the online retailer best known for its Littlewoods and Very.co.uk websites, is confident it will not see a spike in bad debts despite the coronavirus crisis. THE GOVERNMENT is close to breaking Britain’s all-time annual record for borrowing after just four months due to the coronavirus pandemic, official data will confirm this week.

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

FEARS are growing for the future of Debenhams after the high street chain appointed Hilco Capital, a specialist in winding up struggling retail firms.

A BRITISH entrepreneur who introduced fish and chips to the Middle East is suing members of the Saudi royal family for allegedly ruining his business in a row over a lucrative deal.

SUNDAY TIMES

MIKE ASHLEY’S Frasers Group has made an aggressive bid for the collapsed sports retail empire of his old rival Dave Whelan, the former Wigan Athletic owner.

OBSERVER

THE oil industry’s secondquarter results season has laid bare the full toll of the coronavirus pandemic on the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies, and for good reason.