More businesses call to be included in pub rates backtrack

High street shops, pharmacies and music venues have called on Rachel Reeves to axe the looming increases to business rates ...
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If fans couldn’t afford kits they wouldn’t pay

Castore Tom Beahon set up Castore with his brother Phil in 2015 The co-founder of premium sportswear firm Castore has ...
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Tesco and M&S report strong Christmas food sales

Retail giants Tesco and Marks & Spencer both saw a bump in food sales over the vital Christmas period despite ...
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Jersey upfront childcare payments ‘simplifies the system’

BBC Deputy Rob Ward said the new childcare payments system provided “flexibility” for parents Jersey’s education minister has defended a ...
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Workers’ rights bill concessions to save firms billions, analysis shows

Archie MitchellBusiness reporter Getty Images A series of concessions on Labour’s flagship workers’ rights reforms will save businesses billions of ...
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Government offers to intervene in row with unions

A group of trade unions has alleged McDonald’s has violated international labour standards by failing to tackle sexual harassment in ...
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How tariffs will continue to reshape the global economy in 2026

Jonathan JosephsBusiness reporter, BBC News AFP via Getty Images Trade and tariffs will be on the agenda when Trump and ...
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Trump calls for US military spending to rise more than 50% to $1.5tn

President Donald Trump has called for US defence spending to be increased to $1.5tn (£1.1tn) in 2027 for what he ...
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Inside the sub-zero lair of the world’s most powerful quantum computer

Faisal IslamEconomics editor Inside the secretive lab which stores the world’s most powerful computer It looks like a golden chandelier ...
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IWF finds sexual imagery of children which ‘appears to have been’ made by Grok

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) says its analysts have discovered “criminal imagery” of girls aged between 11 and 13 which ...
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