MPs and peers are demanding an inquiry into the collapse of a property investment scheme that lost devastated families their life savings. There are calls for a 'root-and-branch' probe into Blackmor… [+6136 chars]
Apple has launched its latest attempt to bring staff in Silicon Valley back to the office, informing them that they must return for three days a week from next month. The technology group has been t… [+549 chars]
A children's playground in Porthmadog was taken over by a group of campers over the weekend who parked their campervans and pitched their tents on the site. Despite signs prohibiting caravans from pa… [+2178 chars]
A new mortgage lender has been granted a licence to offer 50-year fixed-rate mortgages as a growing number of homeowners seek to fix for longer to protect themselves from rising costs. Perenna, a UK… [+1227 chars]
Labours energy plan is a blanket rescue for rich and poor alike, but disproportionately for the rich with a higher energy footprint. To the extent that it is fully costed, it achieves its aims by d… [+3221 chars]
Power and gas prices for Britain this winter hit new record highs yesterday as Europes energy crisis deepened, threatening to push annual household bills to £5,500 next year. Wholesale energy prices… [+587 chars]
After two and a half years of financial uncertainty, Emma Preston is understandably feeling anxious. The 38-year-old hotel manager was furloughed during the first lockdown. And since returning to w… [+6233 chars]
Motorists may finally have some good news of sorts after oil prices fell back below the levels seen when Russia invaded Ukraine. Brent Crude slipped on Tuesday, dropping 0.8 per cent to $94.21 (£78)… [+2489 chars]
By Noor NanjiBusiness reporter, BBC News Ted Baker, the UK fashion retailer, has agreed to a takeover by the US company that owns Reebok, Juicy Couture and the image rights to Elvis Presley. Authe… [+2223 chars]
Funding for a £161m upgrade of a railway station has been confirmed by the government. The changes at Oxford station will include a new track, platform and fully accessible entrance on its west sid… [+1817 chars]
The UK's competition regulator is progressing in discussions with freeholders of properties from developers Countryside Properties and Taylor Wimpey to remove doubling ground rent terms from their le… [+2511 chars]
LONDON - U.K. real wages, which reflect the power of employee's pay after accounting for inflation, fell by an annual 3% in the last quarter, according to data released by the Office of National Stat… [+2422 chars]