Simon JackBusiness editorThe Chancellor has declined to rule out extending support for hospitality businesses hit by rising business rates, beyond the help she has promised pub owners.Last week, the BBC…
Shop for small businesses shuts after low salesChloe HughesWest MidlandsKeep It LocalThe store in Telford Shopping Centre has shut, meaning job losses and a loss of income for small businesses,…
Faisal IslamEconomics editor"Build it from the north" was the cry from transport experts for years as tens of billions of pounds were channelled into projects in the south east, London,…
Jemma CrewBusiness reporterPA MediaTGI Fridays has closed 16 of its UK restaurants, putting 456 employees out of work.The American-inspired casual dining chain's remaining 33 restaurants will continue to operate after…
Laura CressTechnology reporterThe Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told MPs he welcomes reports that X is taking action over sexualised deepfakes produced by its AI tool, Grok.Sir Keir told…
Mark Poynting,Climate researcherandJustin Rowlatt,Climate editorGetty ImagesThe UK has awarded contracts to build a record amount of offshore wind as part of its efforts to grow the country's clean electricity.The projects…
China announced record export numbers for 2025, a year when US President Donald Trump's tariffs and trade policy caused turmoil in the global economy.Beijing on Wednesday reported the world's largest-ever…
The European Union and South American bloc Mercosur are set to sign an agreement, more than 25 years in the making, to create one of the world's largest free trade…
Elon Musk's platform X announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised images of women and…
The makers of Cadbury chocolate have raised a significant concern over rodent migration from an apartment block construction site to its chocolate production plant "of national significance" in Coolock, Dublin.…
Bank of Ireland customer credit and debit card spending increased by 5.7% during the Christmas period in December. The bank said this figure remains ahead of the latest CPI inflation…
Updated / Wednesday, 14 Jan 2026 16:37 The Nestlé recall involves almost 80 batches of the SMA product The CEO of Nestlé has issued a video apology for the recall…