Image copyright PA Passenger satisfaction with rail services has fallen to a 10-year low, according to the independent transport watchdog, Transport Focus. A survey of 25,000 people found 79% were satisfied overall with services, the lowest since 2008, with more than one in five passengers not satisfied. Worsening punctuality, last summer’s timetable chaos and strikes …
Image copyright PA Norwegian Air wants to raise £268m in a share issue to improve its balance sheet, it has announced. Billionaire John Fredriksen and the airline’s chief executive Bjorn Kjos and chairman Bjorn Kise have all agreed to underwrite the rights issue. The budget airline said it was not in talks with any potential …
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Huawei is the world’s second biggest smartphone maker by volume Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has denied any wrongdoing after US prosecutors filed a host of criminal charges against the firm. Huawei has also rejected criminal claims against its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Canada last …
Image copyright Getty Images A company run by Mike Ashley, the founder of Sports Direct, is facing a fine after being six months’ late filing its accounts. Mash Holdings was due to file its accounts on 23 July 2018 and has not yet done so. This means the company – which holds his interests in …
Image copyright Getty Images The world’s largest maker of industrial computers, Taiwan’s Advantech, plans to boost US production to combat the hit from the trade war. Executive director Chaney Ho told the BBC the firm would avoid tariffs – imposed on 40% of its goods – if it assembled more products in the US. The …
Image copyright Tesco More than 60 years ago, Tesco introduced meat and cheese counters for the first time at its new superstore in Maldon, Essex. Today, it is getting rid of them at 90 of its UK stores. Tesco will keep meat, fish and deli counters at 700 supermarkets but while some of them will …
Anna Bergstrom had a dilemma. She loved the glitzy world of high fashion, but had also come to feel that it was unsustainable and bad for the planet. She’s now found peace of mind by running a stylish shopping mall in Sweden, where everything is second-hand. “Do you notice the smell?” Anna Bergstrom says, as …
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Facebook and other tech giants have grown rich on the back of our data Ever since the world wide web went public in 1993, we have traded our personal data in return for free services from the tech giants. Now a growing number of start-ups think it’s about time …