Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The hospitality sector has many staff on minimum wage levels Employment levels have held up following a rise in minimum wage levels despite previous concerns raised by businesses, a report has said. However, prices have risen in some areas to cover the extra salary costs, according to the Low …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPaul Lister, Primark’s head of ethical trade, is asked to justify its low prices by Mary Creagh MP Primark has defended selling T-shirts for as little as £2, saying its ability to sell clothes so cheaply is down to its business model. MPs investigating the impact of …
Image copyright AFP Image caption Uber paid a massive settlement fee in the US after the 2016 breach Uber has been fined £385,000 for letting hackers steal data on 2.7 million UK customers. The full names, addresses and phone numbers of users went astray in the 2016 attack. The data had been stolen thanks to …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFormer Defence Secretary Michael Fallon says negotiators should be sent back to Brussels Theresa May’s Brexit deal is “doomed” and must be renegotiated, ex-defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon has said. Sir Michael launched a scathing attack on the proposed EU agreement, saying it was the “worst of …
Image copyright Getty Images Women are much more likely than men to get an increase in earnings from going to university, says an analysis of salaries at the age of 29. The study, from the Department for Education and Institute for Fiscal Studies, says women with a degree earn 28% more than non-graduate women. Men …
Image copyright Getty Images Thomas Cook has warned that its annual profits are set to be about £30m lower than expected, its second profit warning in two months. Earnings at its tour operator unit were £88m lower in the year to September, as people delayed booking holidays because of the prolonged heatwave at home. It …
Image caption Jodie Carnall describes herself as a “Snapchat Premium girl” Snapchat is being used to sell explicit images and videos online, the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme has found. Jodie Carnall says she makes £4,000 a month on the app, but it’s not without a cost to her personal life, and she has been subject …
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Image copyright Getty Images The PM’s Brexit deal could leave the economy as much as 5.5% smaller in a decade’s time than it would be if the UK stayed in the EU, a study has said. And the cost to the public finances could be as much as 1.8% of GDP, said the research by …
Image caption Robots only: inside here you’d receive a fatal dose of radiation within seconds The Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield, Cumbria, has recycled its final batch of reactor fuel. But it leaves behind a hugely toxic legacy for future generations to deal with. So how will it be made safe? Thorp still looks …