Two-year wait for several new workplace rights
Workers will not gain the right to protection from unfair dismissal from day one of their employment for another two years, under government plans. The timeline for the newly-published Employment…
Trump threatens to set Doge on Musk as pair feud again over budget plan
US President Donald Trump has suggested that Doge, the cost-cutting agency Elon Musk helped set up, could be used to hurt the billionaire’s companies – as the former allies continue…
M&S ‘fully back online in four weeks’, says boss
Tom Espiner BBC business reporter Getty Images Online shopping at Marks & Spencer is expected to be “fully on” within four weeks as it recovers from a cyber attack, the…
Fall in number of NI people struggling to make payments
The number of people who sometimes struggle to pay their energy bills has fallen in the last 12 months, according to a survey by the Utility Regulator. More than 1,500…
How a bridge changed lives and boosted business
Maddy Savage Business reporter Reporting fromCopenhagen & Malmö Maddy Savage Laurine Deschamps lives in Malmö and works in Copenhagen One of Europe’s most iconic transport landmarks, the Öresund bridge, which…
Household energy bills fall but may not go much lower
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images Energy prices will fall from Tuesday for 21 million households in England, Scotland and Wales but uncertainty remains over whether costs will…
Food delivery apps to tighten checks to stop illegal workers
Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat have agree to “strengthen” security checks following reports some asylum seekers are working illegally as couriers. The food delivery companies agreed to increase facial…
Calls for inquiry as hundreds of jobs at risk at Lindsey Oil Refinery
Getty Images More than 400 workers are employed at the refinery but the union says about 1,000 jobs are at risk including contractors and the supply chain Hundreds of jobs…
South Norfolk MP asks Lotus to give clarity to 1,300 workers
David Freezer & Robby West BBC News, Norfolk Robby West/BBC Ben Goldsborough emphasised the need for openness during discussions An MP has called for the owners of car company Lotus…
'Everybody knew the welfare reform bill was a £5bn cut'
Economics Editor Faisal Islam on what was really behind the big rebellion about the government’s welfare reform bill, after the government confirmed it will make major concessions. Source link