Call to extend electrical safety checks to social housing
Lesley Rudd, chief executive of Electrical Safety First, said: "Our findings demonstrate how essential electrical safety checks are in identifying...
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Ankur Warikoo, Rachana Ranade: The YouTubers Indians turn to for financial advice
"When it comes to slightly finer issues of long-term investing, I would trust people who have been through a few...
Ofgem blamed as supplier failures lead to higher energy bills
"While no regulator can, or should, guarantee companies will not fail in the future, we will continue to take a...
Asda says some shoppers setting £30 limit at tills
"I would say the most important priority in the short term is to kill inflation, because once inflation gets embedded,...
Train strikes: How did passengers cope with day one?
Separately in the capital, London Underground workers were on strike over pensions and job losses, with services suspended on the...
Mining firm Glencore pleads guilty to UK bribery charges
The bribery charges stated that the firm's aim was for officials to "perform their functions improperly, or reward them for...
Rolls Royce to give staff £2,000 living-cost bonus
"We are confident that we have positioned the business to achieve positive profit and cash this year, driven by the...
US ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang region takes effect
A spokesperson at Ryohin Keikaku, which operates the Muji brand, told the BBC it was not currently exporting products from...
Can crumbling cookies sweeten UK data-protection plans?
When the government published its proposals for striking new data-protection plans in the UK, all eyes were on cookie consents...
5,000 people hit by Heathrow flight cancellations
"Coupled with airport caps, we are taking pre-emptive actions to increase resilience over the balance of summer, including a range...
Energy firms face limit on direct debit overpayment
The cost of moving customers to new suppliers since September 2021, including buying extra gas at short notice while prices...
Ukraine war: Russia becomes China’s biggest oil supplier
Meanwhile, Ukraine's Trade Representative has a stark warning for those who choose to buy more from Russia. Taras Kachka told...
Global inflation: Five ways US rate rise will affect you
"In times of uncertainty, investors look for safety," Uber boss Dara Khosrowshahi wrote in a letter to staff last month...
‘What are we supposed to feed our babies?’
Signs of the shortage first emerged last year, following Covid-related supply strains. It reached full blown crisis in February after...
Companies must help cut living costs, says new cost of living tsar
Asked what areas Mr Buttress would work on, his new bosses at the Cabinet Office highlighted "price locking" campaigns by...
Big Tech must deal with disinformation or face fines, says EU
Expected to come into force in 2024, the DSA will apply to all online services that operate in the EU,...
Italy’s Eni says Russian gas supply cut by half
Such a move would trigger a series of measures aimed at reducing consumption, including rationing the gas to selected industrial...
Yen falls as Bank of Japan bucks rate rise trend
"I expect financial markets to continue to put pressure on the yen, potentially pushing it to well over 140 against...
