Tesco will lift pay for its store staff by 5.2% but will scrap the extra pay for working on Sunday. The UK’s biggest supermarket chain said the hourly rate will go up by 43p to £12.45 from 30 March after […]
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US President Donald Trump’s escalating trade tariffs will hit world growth and raise inflation, the OECD has predicted in its latest forecast. Canada and Mexico are forecast to see the biggest impact as they have had the harshest tariffs imposed
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Faarea Masud Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Tariffs on goods being imported into the US could tip Europe’s largest economy into another recession, according to the president of Germany’s central bank. Germany economy has contracted for the past two
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Faarea Masud BBC Business reporter Getty Images Investment firm Abrdn will add the vowels back into its name after dropping them in a rebrand that was widely mocked. The firm said it will now be called aberdeen group. In the
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Faarea Masud BBC Business reporter Getty Images Cryptocurrency firm Bybit said hackers stole $1.5bn (£1.1bn) worth of digital currency in what could be the biggest crypto theft in history. The Dubai-based company’s founder told users that their funds were “safe”
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Birkenstocks may be cool enough for Barbie but the sandals do not qualify as works of art, a German court has ruled. The company had claimed its footwear could be classified as art and so was protected by copyright laws
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PA Media Bad weather can cause travel disruption for passengers, as seen at the end of 2024 in the UK (file photo from 2017) Heavy winds and fog led to thousands of flights being delayed or cancelled at the end
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Getty Images Passengers travelling on Avanti West Coast trains face disruption as staff walk out in an ongoing row over rest day working. Rail managers who are members of the RMT union are staging their second walkout this week, which
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Rail passengers on Avanti West Coast routes will face a “significantly reduced” service on New Year’s Eve due to a strike by train managers. A dispute over rest days will see train managers who are members of the RMT union
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EVN / BBC Queues remain at popular shopping destinations like London’s Oxford Street Boxing Day shoppers are staying away from the High Street and shopping centres, compared to last year, early footfall data suggests. Data gathered by MRI Software shows
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