Some enjoy the ease of ordering food to be brought to their doors, but what about the working terms of some of the delivery drivers? For Politics Live, reporter Greg Dawson looked at the balance in the the so-called gig economy between flexibility and guarantees of basic rights for workers. Follow Politics Live, via BBC …
Image copyright PA Image caption Former Made in Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh gave items to a popup “slow fashion” store east London, last month The business model used by the fashion industry is broken and firms need help to adopt more sustainable practices, MPs have been told. The warning, from a London College of Fashion …
An angry victim of fraud who was scammed out of £40,000 was then seemingly mocked by bank staff. The internal email, joking after the scam, was accidentally forwarded to the victim by staff at NatWest. Dozens of other scam victims have told the BBC that they were unhappy with NatWest’s response to their losses after …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cheers… that’s £30 each please Hosting Christmas lunch for friends and family can be expensive, so could charging them for the meal be a way to cope? This time of year is pretty pricy for most people. There are presents to buy, Christmas outings and parties to shell out …
Image copyright Reuters General Motors plans to halt production at five factories in North America and cut thousands of jobs. The US carmaker has also announced it will close three plants outside North America by the end of 2019. The moves follow rising costs and slowing car sales and come as the US carmaker focuses …
Image copyright Getty Images Shoppers are increasingly using their credit cards for day-to-day spending rather than one-off purchases, the banks’ trade body has said. The greater protection offered when buying bigger purchases and the temptation of loyalty points has led to their increased use, UK Finance said. The body said credit card spending saw a …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Faster speeds can often by accessed by using mobile data rather than relying on wi-fi via a fixed line Download speeds across mobile networks are now faster than wi-fi in many countries, research suggests. Speed tests in 80 countries revealed wi-fi was left lagging in 33 nations, according to …
Image copyright Bank of England The Bank of England has released a list of scientists who have been nominated to feature on the new £50 note. On the list are computing pioneers Alan Turing and Ada Lovelace, telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell and astronomer Patrick Moore. The Bank received 174,112 nominations, of which 114,000 met …
Image copyright AFP Image caption Best of friends? Italian PM Giuseppe Conte discussed the budget standoff with the head of the European Commission Italy looks set to defuse a row with the EU after weeks of publicly defying officials in Brussels over its high-spending budget plans. Italy had refused to budge on its plans to …
Image copyright ViewApart Image caption Food is helping boost employment in pubs and is pulling in the customers Pubs are employing more people than 10 years ago, despite almost a quarter of them having closed over the same period, official figures show. According to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this could be …