Image copyright Getty Images New EU rules on fishing quotas could have a “grave” impact on the UK’s fishing industry, a House of Lords committee has said – just a day before the new policy is introduced. Under previous rules, crews often discarded, into the sea, fish that took them over their quota for that …
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Image copyright Reuters Kylie Jenner, Donald Trump, Elon Musk. Snow, heatwaves, hugging and the collapsing UK High Street. There were no dull moments in business over the past 12 months. Here are the most-read business stories of 2018. January A grim start to the year with news that one of the biggest providers of UK …
Image copyright Getty Images Concerns have been raised over the readiness of a British firm contracted by the government to run extra ferries in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Seaborne Freight was awarded a £13.8m contract this week to run a freight service between Ramsgate and Ostend. The firm has never run a ferry …
Image copyright AFP Image caption PM Giuseppe Conte said the budget was “the first stage of a broad and ambitious plan of reform” Italy’s parliament has approved a revised budget for 2019, amid opposition complaints that it was dictated by the EU. The country’s populist government had originally vowed to push through costly campaign promises …
Image copyright EPA Image caption Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are trying to solve a trade tariff war China has said it is “ready to work” with the US, suggesting progress in trade talks between the two countries. It said it would be willing to work with the US to “implement the important consensus” reached …
Image copyright Getty Images Saving up for a deposit for a mortgage can seem daunting. Recent research suggests that it can take a young person about 18 years to put together the downpayment on their first property – although the Bank of Mum and Dad can hurry the process along. But what help is available …
When tech historians of the future look back at 2018, it may stand out as the year that the wheels came off Facebook or at least its original platform. Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus all had their troubles but managed to escape the year without seeing their brands trashed in quite the same way as their …
Image caption Allbirds has just opened a shop in London’s Covent Garden Four years ago Joey Zwillinger was an executive at a “hot” biotech company and making good money. So when he decided to leave to join a start-up making trainers out of wool, friends and family were bemused. “They naturally said I was quite …
Image copyright Getty Images HMV will continue to accept customers’ gift cards so long as stores keep trading, administrators KPMG have said. It comes after the High Court appointed KPMG to run the music retailer, which collapsed for the second time in six years after a sharp fall in sales. In 2013 administrators faced an …