Taxpayers have been left to foot a £421m bill to cover soured Covid debts, after one in 12 businesses defaulted on state-backed emergency loans distributed at the height of the pandemic, official fig… [+3804 chars]
BT is pushing ahead with planned broadband price rises estimated at 13pc next spring, in the latest sign that squeeze on household finances will continue long into 2023. Philip Jansen, the telecoms … [+3191 chars]
A Chinese group is using dark tankers to take on Russia oil in the middle of the Atlantic, in a hazardous effort to ship more of the tainted crude east. An anonymous entity based in the Chinese port… [+2079 chars]
AN ambitious multi-million pound bid to open a hotel and transform Bolton Market Place Centre - including reopening the former Debenham's unit- has been submitted to the government. Bolton Council … [+4571 chars]
LONDON European markets advanced on Friday as investors digested a fresh swathe of corporate earnings and awaited key economic data out of the euro zone.The pan-European Stoxx 600 climbed 0.9% in ear… [+1672 chars]
The Bank of England could soon issue its largest rate increase in nearly 30 years, knocking down the US dollar to a nearly two-month low against the British currency, a Forex.com analyst said Thursda… [+2188 chars]
Tucked away just outside the M25 in the little town of Potters Bar resides Studio 434. Hailed as Europes largest private car collection, its home to almost 500 cars, estimated to be worth in excess o… [+1115 chars]
Views are being sought on a scheme to revamp a riverside shopping centre and add hundreds of rental apartments. The proposal for the 475 build-to-rent flats at The Oracle in Reading also features fl… [+1099 chars]
After years of dwindling production, ironmongers worldwide are gearing up for the new Cold War - re-energised by the fight in Ukraine. Britains defence sector is no exception, with industry leader … [+2254 chars]
Workers have voted to take strike action at the UK's busiest container port in a dispute over pay. The union Unite said 92% of its members at the Port of Felixstowe voted in favour of strike action … [+1997 chars]
Investors were desperate for the slightest sliver of good news from Jay Powell, and it shows. Fund managers were pretty sure that the US Federal Reserve would raise interest rates this week at an in… [+5138 chars]
Visitors to Center Parcs, which has a holiday village in Nottinghamshire and has its headquarters in New Ollerton, love the facilities but have criticised the prices according to a survey published b… [+3201 chars]
