Osmond Chia,Business reporterandYan Chen,BBC News ChineseGetty ImagesChinese people will pay a 13% sales tax on contraceptives from 1 January, while childcare services will be exempt, as the world's second-largest economy…
Faarea MasudBusiness reporterA bottled water sold at Waitrose could contain glass and should be returned to the store, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) warned.The 750ml No1 Royal Deeside Mineral Water…
Gold and silver have seen a rollercoaster end to a year in which their prices are on track to record their biggest annual gains since 1979.The price of gold soared…
Danielle KayeBusiness reporterMichael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIt's been a roller-coaster year for financial markets - but US stock investors are heading into 2026 on a high note.US President Donald Trump's…
Thomas MackintoshandClaire KeenanGetty ImagesEurostar and Le Shuttle services between the UK and France have resumed through the Channel Tunnel after major travel disruption on Tuesday.Thousands of passengers faced hours of…
A range of social welfare and tax changes announced in Budget 2026 come into effect from today. There will be a €10 increase in the maximum rate of all core…
Two major changes to employment law, pension auto-enrolment and a rise in the minimum wage, come into effect from today. Pension auto-enrolment is designed to help more than 760,000 workers…
PTSB has agreed a deal with Irish modular building company BuildWright to provide mortgages for their new modular homes, which offer customers a near turnkey home constructed in about just…
Pat Doherty's Harcourt Development Group last year recorded pre-tax profits of €156.82m. New consolidated accounts filed by Marzocco UC show that the bumper profits arose mainly from the group booking…
The UK's FTSE 100 has had its best year since recovering from the financial crisis, outperforming global rivals as shares soared against broader economic and political uncertainty. Mining, defence, and…
The scale of profits recorded by the former owners of the Citywest hotel in Saggart in west Dublin from accommodating refugees have been revealed for the first time. The former…
Trump Mobile has pushed back plans to deliver its gold-coloured smartphone by the end of the year, the Financial Times reported today. Donald Trump's family business licensed its name to…