Image copyright PA Image caption Ford said its ad used the word “rage” but did not show road rage Three different carmakers have had ads banned for encouraging unsafe driving. Two ads for Ford Mustang cars fell foul of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after viewers complained that they showed driving as a way of …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The calculations are based on oil prices remaining close to their current level Up to £330bn could be spent on extracting oil and gas from UK waters over the next three decades, according to leading industry experts. Prof Alex Kemp and Dr Linda Stephen at Aberdeen University have used …
Image copyright Getty Images Profits at Barclays surged in the third quarter as the lender’s investment banking and retail divisions picked up speed. The lender posted £1.5bn in profit before tax for the three months to 30 September, up from £1.1bn a year ago. Net operating income was £4.9bn, up from £4.7bn. The results are …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Paul Pester was forced to resign as boss of TSB More than 16,000 customers have deserted the TSB in the wake of an IT meltdown earlier this year. The figures – released by the payments operator BACS – show the net loss in accounts between April and June. As many …
Image copyright Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of people who pay their rent on time are set to benefit from better credit scores. Credit reference agency Experian said it was now taking account of the payment habits of 1.2 million tenants. The vast majority of those – some 79% – stand to improve their credit …
Image copyright Ian Gavan With wages rising at the fastest pace in nearly a decade and unemployment rates hovering at the lowest for more than 40 years, these should be boom times for young people. But rising rents and living expenses means it doesn’t feel like a boom for many of them. One in five …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Donald Trump appointed Jerome Powell to chair the Federal Reserve US President Donald Trump has sharpened his attacks on the Federal Reserve, saying it posed the biggest risk to the US economy. He also targeted Fed chairman Jerome Powell, telling the Wall Street Journal he seemed “happy” to be …
With rising rents, bills and living expenses, one in five adults aged 25-34 spends over 60% of their pay on payday, according to a study by KPMG. A further 3% find themselves in the red entirely. Meanwhile, house prices in England have risen by 173% over the last 20 years, the Institute for Fiscal Studies …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The world’s construction industry is one of the biggest producers of greenhouse gases We extract billions of tonnes of sand and gravel each year to make concrete for the building industry, and this is having an increasing environmental impact as beaches and river beds are stripped, warn campaigners. Alongside …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The election of President Trump is likened to buying a motorbike during a mid-life crisis Democracy isn’t dying, but it is having a very unpredictable mid-life crisis. That’s the view of David Runciman, head of Cambridge University’s politics department, who has been trying to explain the current state of …