Image copyright Getty Images Growth in the UK’s economy has slowed as car sales fell and the manufacturing sector stalled, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. The economy grew by 0.4% in the three months to October, slower than the 0.6% in the three months to September. “GDP growth slowed going into the …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Vijay Mallya denies the allegations against him Controversial tycoon Vijay Mallya is waiting to learn whether he will be extradited to India to face charges of financial crimes. Once called the “King of Good Times” due to his extravagant lifestyle, the businessman has been embroiled in financial scandals since 2012 …
Image copyright Getty Images Japanese prosecutors have charged former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn with financial misconduct, Japanese media report. He was arrested in November on accusations he under-reported his salary and used company assets for personal use. Mr Ghosn, who headed an alliance of Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi, has previously denied the allegations. Media reports …
A Bristol-based robotics company, Open Bionics, has developed the world’s first medically-certified 3D-printed artificial arm for amputees. The Hero Arm, with its artificial hand, can fit children as young as nine years old. Its motor is controlled by muscles on the residual limb, allowing the user to carry out many tasks as if the hand …
The number of people out shopping in the UK in November showed a “significant” fall compared with last year, retail researchers say. Analysis firm Springboard found a 3.2% decrease in footfall at shopping centres, retail parks and High Streets. The figures showed the Black Friday effect was driving more shopping online during a longer period, …
Image caption When you’ve got an unusual name, there’s often a caution around AutoCorrect When a colleague told me my name autocorrected to Dorito and they were seconds away from calling me a tortilla chip in an email, I honestly didn’t know what to say. Our names are a key part of our identity so …
Image copyright Jose Tutiven Image caption Rupert came up with the idea for the business due to his own struggles finding a decent room to rent in London The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world. This week we speak to Rupert Hunt, founder of flat-sharing website SpareRoom. …
Thousands of companies get off the ground with the help of outside investors – so-called venture capitalists. Yet the process of raising money from them can be nerve-racking. “The right investors can really help accelerate the business but the wrong ones can create massive hardship and even a meltdown,” says Nikolay Piriankov, the founder of …
The head of MI6 has just revealed a huge secret – his first ever mission But more than 20 years on from that, the demands on agents have massively changed. It’s no longer just a matter of trench coats, cocktails and false identities. So what does it take to be a spy in the digital …
Image copyright Getty Images The NHS will be banned from buying fax machines from next month – and has been told by the government to phase out the machines entirely by 31 March 2020. In July, the Royal College of Surgeons revealed nearly 9,000 fax machines were in use across the NHS in England. The …