Business activity in the Irish SME sector has edged into negative territory for the first time since 2020, according to a new business confidence survey by lender Linked Finance. Post…
Budget Day will take place on Tuesday, 7 October, according to Government sources. Budget 2026 comes against the backdrop of 15% tariffs on goods exported to the US, and threats…
'I spend £120 a month on buses': Under-22s on what free travel would mean to themConnie BowkerBusiness reporterMaisy MoazzenkiviYoung people have told the BBC the "extortionate" cost of bus travel…
Bloomberg/GettyAsk almost any economist and they will tell you: US President Donald Trump has been running risks with the world's largest economy.They say his tariffs and crackdown on immigrants risk…
Supermarket chain Iceland will financially reward customers who report incidents of shoplifting, as part of efforts to tackle rising levels of retail theft.The firm's executive chairman, Richard Walker, said that…
Kingsmill's owner has said it has agreed to buy rival Hovis and plans to merge the companies in a move that would create the UK's biggest bread brand.Associated British Foods…
Simon Jack & Lucy HookerBusiness editor & Business reporterThe UK's largest bioethanol plant will begin closing down operations on Monday, after the government decided not to offer the sector a…
Zac SherrattBBC News, South EastGetty ImagesUnite had claimed the strikes would have affected every flight leaving Gatwick, though the airport denied thisStrikes by baggage screeners at Gatwick Airport have been…
Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor•@zskThe heads of the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) have acknowledged recent months have been "challenging" for staff as the charity undergoes "substantial" change.It comes after…
Shein's UK sales soar by a third to hit £2bnJennifer MeierhansBusiness reporterGetty ImagesShein's UK sales soared by a third last year creating a huge profit boost for the Chinese fast-fashion…
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter, BBC NewsReporting fromSingaporeShares in Intel jumped by more than 7% on Thursday, following reports that the Trump administration is in talks to take a stake in the…
Switzerland's U-Blox Holding, a maker of microchips and software for car navigation, said today it was in talks with Advent International about being taken over by the private equity firm.…