Image copyright Getty Images Image caption US-Chinese trade tensions could exacerbate the global slowdown The International Monetary Fund has warned that escalating trade tensions could undermine global economic growth. In a new report on the world economic outlook, the IMF also warns of risks from a no-deal Brexit. For the world economy, the IMF is …
Image copyright View Pictures Bread and breakfast cereals are the most likely to be affected by shrinkflation, whereby a product shrinks in size but its price doesn’t. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) studied the price of 17,000 items between September 2015 and June 2017. It found 206 products in all categories shrunk in size, …
BBC Click’s Lara Lewington looks at a new smart socket for charging devices. When the device is fully charged the smart socket automatically cuts out saving electricity. The main use is currently to charge phones and laptops but it is envisaged that in future it could be charging electric bikes and cars too. Read and …
Image copyright Getty Images WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false information on the platform. The Facebook-owned business had already introduced the policy in India six months ago. The move followed a number of mob lynchings that were …
Image copyright @KimxPx/PA It’s the thought that counts when giving presents – or is it? Discount retailer Poundland has caused controversy with its latest Valentine’s Day gift, a heart-shaped package with nothing in it. The Gift of Nothing, naturally priced at £1, is intended as “a bit of fun”, says the retailer. But Friends of …
Image copyright Jack Hill Image caption Tom Davies didn’t initially plan to design glasses The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world. This week we speak to Tom Davies, founder of his eponymous eyewear company. Tom Davies sat in front of Rome’s Colosseum and drank a beer to …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionIt’s that time of the year again – when the great and the good gather in a Swiss resort. Every January for almost 50 years, world leaders, the bosses of the world’s biggest companies and a sprinkling of celebrities have gathered in a small Swiss mountain town …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Card surcharges were banned in January 2018 Customers are paying hundreds of pounds as retailers are illegally charging for card payments, a BBC investigation has found. Credit and debit card surcharges were banned in January 2018, but retailers, letting agents and even a university have been found breaking the …
Image copyright Getty Images China’s economy continued to slow in the last quarter of 2018, official figures showed, stoking fears about the impact on the global economy. In the three months to December, the economy grew 6.4% from a year earlier, down from 6.5% in the previous quarter. For the full year China expanded at …
Brothers Rob and Paul Forkan started in business by making flip-flops. Now their brand, Gandys, has four London stores and employs 50 staff. Rob says a company is more likely to succeed if staff treat a business as if it were their own business. Video journalist: Jeremy Howell See more at CEO Secrets Source by …