Sophie Parker,WiltshireandGeorge Sharpe,WiltshireA foodbank is asking donors to consider trying a "reverse advent calendar" this year – giving 24 items to help provide Christmas hampers to families in need.Salisbury Foodbank…
Archie MitchellBusiness reporterVirgin Media has been fined £23.8m for leaving thousands of customers without access to lifesaving telecare alarms during the digital switchover.Communications watchdog Ofcom fined the telecoms giant after…
Harbour EnergyHarbour Energy said offshore roles would be lostThe UK's largest oil and gas producer plans to cut about 100 offshore jobs, it has announced.Harbour Energy has already reduced its…
Get a £40 voucher for attending money sessionKevin ShoesmithEast Yorkshire and LincolnshireSean Gladwell/GettyPeople are being offered a £40 Love to Shop voucher if they complete a personal finance sessionPeople are…
Primecore, a management consultancy firm serving the science and technology sectors, has announced expansion plans that will see the creation of 100 new jobs over the next three years in…
Ben KingBusiness reporterA major waste firm has warned that wrongly discarded vapes are still causing fires in its rubbish trucks and waste facilities, six months on since disposable vapes were…
Three in four adults in Ireland have savings or deposit accounts separate to current accounts, according to a new survey. The research, carried out for Banking & Payments Federation Ireland…
Anna VarleSouth West home and social affairs correspondentBBCA homeless charity in Cornwall has said the number of people accessing its services is the highest it has ever seenA homeless charity…
The European Commission has recalled consignments of frozen Brazilian beef products imported into the EU, after it was found they contained hormones banned in the bloc. The banned hormones were…
'We need to teach children about personal finance'Tristan PascoeDorset political reporterBBCChildren at Queen's Park Academy School in Bournemouth already learn about personal financeAll primary and secondary school pupils in the…
An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has been detected on a turkey farm in Co Cavan. The Department of Agriculture confirmed the outbreak today, and restriction…
E-commerce platform breach exposes nearly 34 million customers' dataOsmond ChiaBusiness reporterGetty ImagesE-commerce giant Coupang is often described as South Korea's equivalent of Amazon.comSouth Korea's largest online retailer, Coupang, has apologised…