Image copyright Getty Images Online marketplace eBay says it is acquiring the Motors.co.uk website, making it a “leading alternative” to Auto Trader as an ad site for cars. Under the deal, Motors.co.uk would become part of classified ad site Gumtree UK, also owned by eBay. The combined group would offer more than 620,000 car listings, …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPersimmon boss refuses to answer questions about £75m bonus The boss of house building firm Persimmon has walked off in the middle of a BBC interview after being asked about his £75m bonus. “I’d rather not talk about that,” Jeff Fairburn said, when asked if he had …
Image copyright PA Facebook has hired former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg as head of its global affairs and communications team. The 51-year-old politician was leader of the Liberal Democrats and formed a coalition government with David Cameron and the Conservatives in 2010. Facebook has faced intense scrutiny and the threat of government regulation …
Image copyright Getty Images The plastics recycling industry faces an investigation amid reports firms are illegally profiting from the market and in some cases polluting rivers. The Environment Agency, the regulator, confirmed it had set up an investigative team and was pursuing “several lines of enquiry”. It comes as councils cut back their plastics recycling …
Image copyright EPA All new cars in the UK will be “effectively zero emission” by 2040, under plans to tackle air pollution. The government is under pressure to bring forward this deadline and ban all sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2032, after a report by a parliamentary committee described its plans as …
Persimmon boss Jeff Fairburn has walked off camera during a BBC interview after being asked about his £75m bonus. Mr Fairburn said it was “unfortunate” he had been asked about the payout. Mr Fairburn was initially awarded shares worth more than £100m in 2017 but after a public backlash he later agreed to reduce it …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Chancellor Philip Hammond will present his Budget later this month Government borrowing fell by more than expected last month, to £4.1bn from £4.9bn a year earlier. It was the lowest borrowing figure for the month of September since 2007, the Office for National Statistics said. Borrowing for the year …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The first PlayStation console was released in 1994 PlayStation has announced that early next year players will be able to change their PlayStation Network Online ID for the first time. It’s a long-awaited feature for PlayStation users that means those weird and shameful usernames will be no more. Can’t …
Image caption Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire used to have six banks, but Halifax closed in July leaving the town with none About 13 million adults in the UK live in areas where at least half of the local banks and building societies have closed, analysis by the BBC reveals. Figures from the Office for …
Image copyright Stena Line Image caption Global ferry company Stena is warning that UK ports are not ready for Brexit A no-deal Brexit could affect food supplies and see traders bypass Great Britain, the ferry firm Stena Line has warned. There is “very little readiness” at ports and “anxiety is high”, said Ian Hampton senior …