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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.

Economists say mistake helps support case for monetary policy committee to raise rates as early as next month.

Higher prices for food and clothing prices driven up by the weak pound fuelled retail sales growth last month.

FTSE 100 businesses that used the words ‘mental health’ or ‘wellbeing’ more than twice in their annual reports last year raked in up to three times more profit than those that didn’t, researchers have found.

Reports link job losses at Warton factory in Preston to slowdown in production of Eurofighter Typhoon.

Brexit should be the catalyst for Britain to put a greater focus on its small businesses, according to the UK boss of eBay.

Netflix has raised prices in countries including the UK and US for the first time in two years.

A growing number of young people are worrying about the state of their finances and want to see the Government take action to curb credit card lending.

Trade body blames Brexit uncertainty and confusion over air quality plans after sales of new diesel cars fall by more than a fifth.

Britain’s retailers have been treated to an Indian summer of sales with the high street enjoying its best September sales for five years, according to new figures from BDO.

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has written to the airline’s pilots to offer them better pay and conditions.

Greggs today posted five per cent growth in like-for-like third-quarter sales.

Ryanair says it flew 11.8 million people in September, 10 per cent more than in the same month in 2016, despite the disruption caused by cancelled flights.

Britain’s banks need to set aside another £116bn in debt that can be “bailed in” should they get into financial trouble in order to avoid a repeat of the costly bail-outs that occurred during the credit crunch in 2008.