Updated / Monday, 8 Dec 2025 17:02 People are defined as experiencing enforced deprivation if they cannot afford two or more of the 11 basic deprivation items that are considered…
Volkswagen Group plans to invest €160 billion up to 2030, its CEO Oliver Blume said, reflecting belt-tightening as Europe's top automaker faces a major crisis in its two key markets,…
Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent, TokyoBBCScientists at Waseda University in Tokyo are developing caregiving robotsLast year, more than 18,000 older people living with dementia left their homes and wandered off in…
Phoebe AmorosoBusiness reporter, TokyoAFP via Getty ImagesSome hope that the election of Japan's first female prime minister will open doors for other womenIn October Japan got its first female prime…
Josh MartinBusiness reporterGetty ImagesThe report will look at Covid-era programmes like Eat Out to Help Out, which subsidised hospitality billsCovid-19 support programmes cost taxpayers nearly £11bn through fraud and error,…
Paul Seddon,Political reporterandKathryn ArmstrongPat McFadden says government's youth plans a 'strong offer of help'Young people will be stripped of their right to claim benefits if they refuse a taxpayer-funded job…
Reverse advent calendar call-out from foodbankRedcar Area FoodbankEvery day the foodbank reveals an item it wants people to donateA foodbank is asking for donations ahead of Christmas through a reverse…
Iain Watson,political correspondent,andAleks PhillipsThe chairman of the supermarket chain Iceland will be nominated for a Labour peerage, sources within the party have confirmed.They said Richard Walker was "a committed champion…
The divergence between asking prices and final sold prices is among the reasons for poor liquidity in the existing homes market, according to a report. The study, which was carried…
Living standards in the Republic are higher than in Northern Ireland, a new report by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found. Household disposable income was €36,900 in…
Bertie Ahern's famous economic analysis that the "boom is getting boomier" is an apt description for what is happening in Ireland now. This week, a range of indicators showed activity…
Private equity company Cardinal Capital Group has invested €30m into Cathedral Eye Clinic, which operates specialist eye-surgery clinics in Belfast and Birmingham. This will allow the company to expand its…