Image copyright Spark Energy An energy supply company with almost 300,000 customers has ceased trading. Spark Energy Supply is part of a gas and electricity firm which employs more than 300 staff at its Selkirk headquarters. The move comes after the company was handed a £14m bill by the energy regulator Ofgem for non-payment of …

Fancy living in a large period property, offering low rent and lots of space? But it might not have any heating and you could be evicted with just a few days’ notice. Could living in an old school, or even a disused police station be the answer to the UK’s housing crisis? Property guardians are …

Image copyright PA Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s have cut the price of petrol and diesel, as wholesale fuel prices continue to fall. The cuts were led by Asda, which cut the price of petrol by 1p a litre and diesel by 2p a litre. Morrisons and Sainsbury’s then matched that move. It means that Asda …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Samsung boss Kim Ki-nam delivered the formal apology Samsung has formally apologised to employees who fell sick or died after working in its factories. In the apology, Samsung president Kim Ki-nam said staff and families had “suffered” because the South Korean company had been too slow to act. Earlier this …

Image copyright Getty Images Flybe and Virgin Atlantic have confirmed they are in talks about a sale or closer alliance. The move comes after cash-strapped Flybe put itself up for sale earlier this month. The Exeter-based regional airline said that Virgin was “one of the parties” it has been in discussions with. Last month, Flybe …

Image copyright Tom Hull Image caption Bella has lived in this former retirement home in east London since January Between them Bella and Rex have both lived in former retirement homes, empty schools and even an old pub. They are property guardians – people who live in disused buildings to keep squatters away in exchange …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGidi hosts a property located in the West Bank and is disappointed at Airbnb’s decision Holiday homes rental giant Airbnb is being sued in a class action by a law firm in Jerusalem over its delisting of settlements in the occupied West Bank. It accuses Airbnb of …

Image copyright Getty Images More than a quarter of graduates have taken an unpaid internship, a survey has suggested. Most internships in media, fashion and theatre were unpaid, according to the survey from the Sutton Trust – a body that campaigns for social mobility, The survey received responses from more than 1,000 graduates aged under …

A team of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created the first ever plane to take flight without moving parts. It uses electroaerodynamic propulsion to fly which is greener and quieter than traditional aircraft. Is this the future of aviation? Source by [author_name]