Bath residents say Curo has ‘failed’ them over service charges
'An £8k service charge left me unable to pay bills'Image caption, Callum says he is still straddled with debt after facing a huge increase in his billsByHannah MillerPolitical correspondentA Bath-based…
Calls to cut employer National Insurance contributions for under-25s
Businesses across Yorkshire are urging Chancellor John Healey to cut National Insurance (NI) contributions for under-25s in his first Budget. West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, which represents 5,000…
No order, no seat: Starbucks China rolls out new store policy
Taking a seat at a Starbucks in China? Just make sure you're also ordering something there.A new policy by Starbucks China takes effect across all its 8,000 stores on Thursday,…
PHP: What is it and why did it spark a global cyber security scramble?
Image source, ReutersByOsmond ChiaBusiness reporterFor more than a decade, serious flaws had gone undetected in technology underpinning much of the internet. It took artificial intelligence (AI) to bring them to…
The ‘trillion pound’ oil fund the government believes Britain could have built
After a half-century wait, the United Kingdom now has an oil fund.Chancellor John Healey announced the creation of an Energy Wealth Fund at the Jackdaw gas approval announcement on Wednesday,…
The graduates ditching the UK to work abroad
The grads ditching the UK for a fresh start abroadImage caption, Charlie West, left, Rachel James and Owein Iveson have all moved overseasByElizabeth AndersonBusiness reporterLast year Rachel James quit her…
Airbnb hosts can no longer make guests strip beds and wash dishes under new rules
Airbnb has changed its rules to limit what property hosts may ask guests to do - including when it comes to cleaning. The updated guidelines state that hosts can now…
Meta fined $25bn for ‘lies’ over user data privacy
Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has been hit with the largest ever fine against it for its business practices.A judge in New Mexico on Wednesday ordered the…
Websites taken down worldwide as critical PHP cyber-security update issued
International governments and agencies have urged websites to address two critical cyber-security flaws in a programming language which powers much of the internet.The vulnerabilities were found within the PHP programming…
A warning to anyone with credit card debt
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has asked ministers to develop a plan to remove standing charges from gas bills.These are fixed daily fees that cover the costs of connecting to a…