BAE Systems, the UK’s biggest engineering company, has enjoyed a record year for new orders as western governments stepped up defence spending in...
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The environment secretary has suggested people struggling to afford rising food bills should consider working longer hours. Asked how the government is...
Theft by employees has jumped by 19% amid warnings that the rising cost of living is triggering a wave of workplace crime, new data suggests. Almost 6,000...
British tomatoes will likely remain scarce until the end of April or even early May, the UK’s largest grower has warned. It comes after Tesco and Aldi...
The head of Royal Mail has acknowledged policy breaches in monitoring postal workers’ delivery speed. The Royal Mail chief executive, Simon Thompson...
Tesco and Aldi are limiting how many peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes customers can buy due to supply shortages. It follows measures introduced by Morrisons and...
British Steel has revealed it is to cut 260 jobs, almost 7% of its workforce, despite continuing government funding talks with its Chinese owners. It was...
Lloyds Banking Group has revealed a 12% increase in its bonus pool for 2022 despite pre-tax profits remaining flat on the previous year. The bank –...
Government officials will this week fly to China in an effort to convince the owner of British Steel to finalise plans for a state funding package amid...
Asda has imposed a limit on some fruit and vegetables which customers can buy due to supply shortages. The British supermarket chain is temporarily limiting...
Public borrowing in the financial year to date is £30.6bn less than predicted by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), according to the last set of...
The world’s biggest trial of a four-day working week has been hailed a success – with most of the companies involved saying they would continue...
The global payment giants Mastercard and Visa are facing the latest in a string of multibillion pound competition lawsuits with the launch of a potentially...
Bills will rise by an estimated £500 a month despite an expected reduction in Ofgem’s household energy cap, analysts expect. The energy regulator will...
‘Lacklustre’: Govt plans to tackle sewage spills on beaches criticised for ‘repeating’ past mistakes
The government has been accused of going round in circles in its attempt to stop sewage pouring into England’s rivers and seaside. The environment...
Virgin Media O2 and its shareholders are exploring a takeover bid for Trooli, one of the UK’s army of ‘altnet’ fibre broadband companies. Sky News has learnt...
