Image copyright Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Millennium & Copthorne Hotels has blamed a shortage of workers due to Brexit uncertainty for contributing to falling profits. The hotel chain reported a 28% fall in pre-tax profits to £106m for the 12 months to 31 December 2018, compared with the same period in 2017. It said Brexit …
Image copyright Getty Images Retail sales bounced back sharply in January, rising by 1% on the previous month, official figures showed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the amount of goods sold rose by 1%, after falling by 0.7% in December, with discounts in clothing helping to boost sales. Compared with a year ago, …
Image copyright Getty Images Royal Bank of Scotland has reported profits of £1.62bn for 2018, more than double the £752m it made in 2017. The bank, which is 62%-owned by the government, said it would pay £977m to the Treasury through dividend payments. RBS chief executive Ross McEwan said: “This is a good performance in …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The net independence plan is seen as a way for Russia’s government to get more control over online life Russia is considering whether to disconnect from the global internet briefly, as part of a test of its cyber-defences. The test will mean data passing between Russian citizens and organisations stays …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The group targeted people with rape jokes and photoshopped pornography. Several senior French journalists have been suspended or fired for allegedly co-ordinating online harassment through a private Facebook group. The largely-male Ligue du LOL (League of LOL) mocked women, including other journalists, with rape jokes and photoshopped pornographic images. …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBrad Parkinson and Lord Browne explain the importance of GPS This year’s £1m QE Engineering Prize has been won by four individuals who played key roles in developing GPS. The Americans Brad Parkinson, James Spilker Jr, Hugo Fruehauf, and Richard Schwartz were all present at the London …
Image copyright NASA/JPL/Doug Ellison Image caption Oppy used one of its cameras to take this selfie on Mars The US space agency (Nasa) has called time on its Opportunity Mars rover. The six-wheeled robot last contacted Earth in June last year, just before it was enveloped in the darkness of a global dust storm. Engineers …
BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology stories of the week including: Drone manufacturer DJI says it will expand the technology that prevents them being flown near airports and other sensitive sites Some Premier League football teams work with Intel to create an immersive 360 degree video experience for fans Ford …
Nowadays, the world spends close to $100bn a year on chocolate bars, making them one of the most popular snacks in history. But for centuries, chocolate had only been a drink. No one knew a way of making it into a solid food. That is until a 19th Century Englishman – Joseph Fry – worked …