Category: News Wire

Mobile phone firms are denying they hide charges of more than £1 per day for handsets after fixed-term contracts expire.

Britain’s biggest employers are calling for a commission to examine the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs.

You will soon be able to buy a house with Marks & Spencer, after the retail giant’s banking arm announced plans to launch a mortgage range.

The chancellor has been taken to task by MPs about the lack of diversity at the top of the Bank of England.

France and Germany risk starting a new financial crisis if they try to use Brexit to dismantle the London-based heart of the global economy

Lloyds Banking Group has rejected a last-ditch bid to settle a legal claim over the disastrous merger that created Britain’s biggest high street lender, days before a trial featuring some of the country’s most prominent financiers is due to begin.

Grocery sales have risen again with higher prices and early Christmas shopping helping the sector chalk up its 17th consecutive quarter of growth.

Workers in shadow chancellor John McDonnell’s constituency face highest risk of being replaced by robots, says research.

Price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com has reported increased revenue for the third quarter of the year, despite dips in its money and home services operations.

Online fashion retailer Asos has reported record annual sales and profits, boosted by the weak pound and a “strong international performance”.

Banks and building societies are planning to rein in unsecured consumer loans at the sharpest rate since the depths of the recession, according to a Bank of England survey.

Communication Workers Union lawyers fail to rebuff attempt at Royal Courts of Justice to stop 19 October postal strike.

Britain’s manufacturers are undergoing a substantial recovery as exports and domestic orders surge, raising hopes that the industry will support the wider economy.

Business leaders called on the government to rethink the apprenticeship levy in its current form, after new figures showed a steep drop in apprenticeship starts since the levy was introduced.

The EU is to begin preparing for its post-Brexit trade negotiations with the UK, while refusing to discuss the matter with the British government.