BMW in talks with UK government over £75m grant for electric Mini | Business News
The German automotive giant BMW is in talks with the government about a £75m funding package that would secure production
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British Gas staff feel pressured to force installation of prepayment energy meters on customers in debt, says whistleblower | Business News
A current employee in British Gas’s debt recovery team has told Sky News that staff feel pressured to force the
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Services sector has weakest January performance in two years, according to purchasing managers index | Business News
Strikes, staff shortages and higher interest rates are behind the weakest service sector performance in two years, the latest economic
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FTSE 100 reaches highest-ever score | Business News
London’s FTSE (Financial Times Stock Exchange) 100 Index has reached its highest ever score at 7905 earlier this afternoon. The
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The Wombles celebrate a birthday and Icelandair bounces back after COVID | Business News
Ian King interviews Marcus Robertson, the son of the Wombles author and creator Elisabeth Beresford. In this episode he also
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Why the problem of prepayment meters won’t go away for vulnerable energy customers | Business News
One thing the energy industry agrees on in theory – if not, it turns out, in practice – is that
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It’s clear the Bank of England thinks we are at – or near to – a peak in interest rates | Business News
Back in the Soviet era, analysts would spend hours trying to read between the lines of the speeches and comments
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Shapps tells British Steel owner redundancy plans are “unhelpful” | Business News
The business secretary, Grant Shapps, has told British Steel’s Chinese owner that proposals to make hundreds of workers redundant are
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Bank of England hikes interest rates by 0.5 percentage points in tenth consecutive rise | Business News
The Bank of England has raised UK interest rates by a further half percentage point to 4%, but gave its
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ICG-backed With Intelligence plots raid on MJ Hudson arm | Business News
A company owned by the investment firm Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) is plotting a raid on the data analytics arm
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Prepayment meters, Shell’s record profits, and the latest smartphone | Business News
On today’s episode, Ian King speaks to the chief executive of Centrica – the parent company of British Gas –
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Transfer window: Your Premier League club’s January business rated – fan views
At the end of a record-breaking winter transfer window, some Premier League clubs are ecstatic while others may be rueing
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Shell announces record annual profits of £32.2bn | Business News
Shell has announced annual profits of $39.9bn (£32.2bn), doubling from a year earlier and far exceeding the previous record of
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Facebook parent Meta reveals 55% drop in profits after mass layoffs | Business News
Facebook’s parent firm recorded a 55% drop in profits during the final quarter of 2022 – the result of a
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RetailBook platform opens new chapter for City share sales | Business News
Rothschild, the investment bank, and the retail investment giant Hargreaves Lansdown are to become shareholders in a platform which allows
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US central bank slows pace of rate hikes again but warns of more action ahead | Business News
The US central bank has slowed the pace of interest rate hikes further but indicated more rises are on the
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Strikes on course to expand and escalate this year without compromises | Business News
Unions have been taking strike action for months but today the wave of strikes that began last summer finally broke
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The biggest day of strikes in a decade, house prices and Emirates search for cabin crew | Business News
Ian discusses the biggest day of strikes in a decade, as teachers are among the half a million workers walking
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Strikes take toll on economy as widespread disruption forces many to stay at home | Business News
Britain is experiencing its biggest day of industrial action for more than a decade, with up to half a million
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House prices continue fall but saving for a deposit remains difficult | Business News
House prices have declined for the fifth month in a row, falling 0.6% in January, according to one of the
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