Google job fears in UK and Ireland as parent firm Alphabet slashes 12,000 staff globally
Google workers in the UK and Ireland face uncertainty after its parent company Alphabet announced 12,000 jobs are to be...
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Climate crisis ‘sliding down agenda’, warns global energy watchdog
Climate change is slipping down the international agenda, raising the risk governments will slow their pace in reducing greenhouse gas...
Hunt poised to approve £300m grant in bid to avert British Steel collapse
The Treasury is close to agreeing a £300m aid package for the UK's second-biggest steel producer in a move aimed...
Tanning salon chain seeks healthy glow with £100m sale
Britain's biggest chain of tanning salons is exploring a £100m sale as it seeks funding to expand even as many...
Oxford education provider plots swoop on £200m Cambridge rival
A Cambridge-based provider of English language training for international students is being courted by an Oxford-headquartered rival in a deal...
Lloyds and Halifax to shut 40 branches as footfall declines with shift to online banking
Lloyds and Halifax have become the latest banks to announce branch closures with 40 to be axed in the face...
Greta Thunberg accuses Davos elite of putting ‘corporate greed’ above people and planet
Greta Thunberg has accused the political and business elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos of putting "corporate greed"...
Cost of living: Shoppers curbed Christmas spending in blow to struggling retailers
Cost-conscious shoppers curbed spending over the Christmas period adding to the woes of retailers, official figures show.Retail sales unexpectedly fell...
Ambulance workers to stage 10 further strikes as row over pay and staffing escalates
A series of fresh walkouts by ambulance workers has been announced by Unite in an escalation of the bitter dispute...
Premier Foods to shut Knighton factory, affecting 300 jobs
Premier Foods, the maker of Oxo stock cubes and Mr Kipling cakes, has announced plans to close a plant in...
James Dyson says growth is ‘a dirty word’ for Rishi Sunak’s government as he attacks PM’s ‘stupid’ policies
Billionaire Sir James Dyson has criticised Rishi Sunak's government for making growth a "dirty word" and having a "stupid" approach...
Virgin Atlantic fined £870,000 for ‘inadvertent’ flights over Iraq airspace, flouting US-imposed ban
Virgin Atlantic has said it accidentally broke a US-imposed ban on flying over Iraq after it was fined more than...
Maternitywear chain Seraphine to be taken private at fraction of IPO price
A maternitywear chain, which became a favourite of the Princess of Wales during her pregnancies, is to be taken private...
Lloyds Pharmacy to close all Sainsbury’s branches putting 2,000 jobs at risk
Lloyds Pharmacy is to pull out of 237 in-store Sainsbury's branches, potentially putting more than 2,000 jobs at risk and...
Ex-CMA chair and private sector bosses lobby Sunak over regulators
Lord Tyrie, the former chair of the competition watchdog, is among a group of parliamentarians and private sector chiefs who...
Petrol forecourt tycoons to fill tank with £1bn sale of American sites
The owners of Asda are plotting a £1bn sale of part of their American petrol forecourts empire as part of...
‘Millennial’ and ‘Generation X’ votes at risk if UK government follows France in raising state pension age
France has been paralysed by strikes today as much of the country, as predicted, makes clear its unhappiness at President...
The Crown Estate, Davos and Steven Bartlett
The Chief Executive of the Crown Estate speaks to Ian King about the change in direction of the royal purse....
Argos closes all stores in Ireland, with nearly 600 jobs lost
Argos will shut all of its stores in the Republic of Ireland in June this year, the company said on...
King Charles asks for profits from £1bn wind farm deal to go to ‘wider public good’ – and not to the royals
The King has again signalled his wish to potentially shake up the way the monarchy is funded following a £1bn...