Image copyright Reuters Porsche is warning UK customers they might have to pay 10% extra for cars delivered after Britain leaves the EU. The German firm said its request that buyers sign a clause committing to a potential tariff was “precautionary”. Porsche’s owner Volkswagen declined to discuss if some of its other brands, including Audi, …
Image copyright Facebook/Quadriga Image caption Gerald Cotten When the 30-year-old founder of a Canadian cryptocurrency exchange died suddenly, he took the whereabouts of some C$180m ($135m; £105m) in cryptocurrency to his grave. Now, tens of thousands of Quadriga CX users are wondering if they will ever see their funds again. In 2014, one of the …
Image copyright Getty Images Passengers stranded across Europe have told of their frustration after the UK regional airline Flybmi collapsed, cancelling all its flights. The company said uncertainty over Brexit and rises in fuel and carbon costs led it to go into administration. One Briton stuck in Belgium said the airline would not refund her …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Workers with auto-enrolment pensions will contribute 5% of their salary from April Millions of workers could see their take-home pay fall in six weeks’ time when the amount they have to pay into their pension pot increases. Analysis for the BBC has examined how pay will be hit when …
Image copyright Lidl Image caption Lidl opened its first store in the UK in 1994 Lidl, along with its fellow German discounter Aldi, might be growing strongly in the UK right now but it wasn’t always that way. Its former UK boss, Ronny Gottschlich, says that in the early years the discounters were really small …
Image copyright BMI Regional Image caption Flybmi has a fleet of Embraer jets British regional airline Flybmi has cancelled all its flights and filed for administration, the airline has announced. The company said it had been badly affected by rises in fuel and carbon costs and uncertainty over Brexit. The East Midlands-based airline, which has …
Image copyright AFP A visit to China by Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been called off amid reports a speech by the UK’s defence secretary angered Beijing. There were plans for trade talks between Mr Hammond and senior Chinese government figures during the brief visit next week. But a Treasury spokesperson said: “No trip was ever …
Image copyright Which? Children’s car seats, dubbed “killers” by trading standards officers, have repeatedly appeared for sale on online marketplaces, Which? has warned. The consumer group said the fabric seats, which can cost as little as £8, offered almost no protection in a crash and were illegal to use in the UK. The online sites …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Donata Meirelles has apologised after photos from her 50th birthday party were criticised for “evoking slavery” Vogue Brazil’s fashion director has resigned after photos from her 50th birthday party were criticised for “evoking slavery.” One image, now deleted from Instagram, shows fashion boss Donata Meirelles on a throne with …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Amazon’s dropped its plan to create a campus in a changing neighbourhood of New York after backlash A day after Amazon announced it would abandon controversial plans to build a new campus in New York City, the neighbourhood selected for the expansion was still in shock. At Manducatis Rustica, …