Image copyright Getty Images Barclays is moving €190bn (£166bn) of assets to Dublin because it “cannot wait any longer” to implement its Brexit contingency plan. The High Court, which has approved the move, says the move involves 5,000 clients. However, few jobs in London are expected to be affected. The business amounts to around 15% …
Image copyright Getty Images Plans for mandatory five-year electrical safety checks in privately rented homes in England have been confirmed by the government. The move, which requires legislation, means that landlords will be required to call in qualified inspectors to carry out the checks. The rules will mirror those already in operation in Scotland. New …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption DJI was founded 13 years ago and has become one of China’s best known tech brands DJI, the world’s bestselling drone-maker, has published an open letter promising to take “painful” steps to tackle corruption within its company. The Chinese firm had previously revealed that some employees had inflated the …
Volunteer community health workers in a remote area of Kenya have a new tool in their medicine chest: an app that collects and stores data so that it can be accessed by everyone in the local medical team to make treatment more efficient. The software’s been developed by Medic Mobile, an organisation which aims to …
Image copyright EPA Image caption The dam, which is owned by Brazil’s largest mining company, Vale, gave way on Friday Vale is to decommission dams similar to the one that collapsed in Brazil last week in a move the mining company says will reduce its production of iron ore. The world’s biggest producer of iron …
Image copyright Gettyimages Image caption The dam collapse drove a torrent of mud downriver sweeping all before it As Brazil is coming to grips with what may be the worst industrial accident in the country’s history, the national mood is rapidly shifting from grief to outrage. So far all focus has been on retrieving bodies, …
Squeezed shoppers played safe with their credit cards at Christmas rather than spending big on the High Street, Bank of England figures show. Consumers paid back nearly as much as they borrowed on credit cards in December – part of the reason some stores recorded poor Christmas trading. Some £92m more was borrowed than repaid, …
Image copyright Getty Images More than a third of shareholders in the company that owns Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks have voted against the pay of its top executives. CYBG, which has taken over Virgin Money, said it “recognises the large numbers of votes opposing the resolution” on pay. It said it would hold more discussions …
Image copyright Getty Images Carlos Ghosn has said his arrest in Japan was the result of a “plot and treason” by Nissan executives opposed to his plans for the firm. In his first interview since last November’s shock arrest, Mr Ghosn told the Nikkei newspaper there was “a plan to integrate” the Renault-Nissan Mitsubishi alliance …
Image copyright Reuters UK companies are likely to speed up plans for a no-deal Brexit in response to Tuesday’s votes in Parliament, the head of the CBI has told the BBC. Carolyn Fairbairn said a plan to renegotiate the UK’s withdrawal deal “feels like a real throw of the dice”. “I don’t think there will …