Image copyright Getty Images Energy firm SSE has announced another drop in customer numbers and has cut its full-year earnings forecast. It said it had lost 160,000 customers in the final three months of last year, leaving it with 5.88 million accounts. SSE also cut its profit forecast for this year because of a European …
Image copyright Daily Mash The firm that owns satirical news website the Daily Mash is changing hands for £1.2m. Mashed Productions, which also produces a TV spin-off on BBC Two called the Mash Report, has been bought by media firm Digitalbox. The new owner describes itself as a company with a pedigree in emerging publishing …
Image copyright PA Image caption Prof David Bailey thinks Ford in Bridgend is one of the UK car plants most vulnerable to a no-deal Brexit Winning a contract to build a new 4×4 would not secure all the jobs at risk at Ford Bridgend, according to one of the UK’s leading car industry experts. A …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Malpass was part of President Trump’s 2016 election team US President Donald Trump has nominated David Malpass as his pick for the next World Bank president. So who is David Malpass, and what opinions does he hold? Mr Malpass, a Trump loyalist, was a senior economic adviser to …
Image copyright PA The government’s housing planning system is unable to demonstrate it is meeting housing demand effectively, public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has said. The government wants 300,000 new homes a year from the mid-2020s onwards. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has a standard method, developed in 2017, …
Almost every product we buy nowadays comes with a barcode on it. It makes it quicker to ring up the price on the till and it helps retailers to track their stock. But whose idea was the barcode, and how did he get it? Aaron Heslehurst explains. Video producer: Jeremy Howell Source by [author_name]
A popular teatime snack and a staple in many Indian households, homegrown biscuit brand Parle-G is one of the oldest and most recognised names in India. This family-run confectionery empire is now headed by the grandson of the founder who is looking at ways to stay on top. Filmed and edited by Vishnu Vardhan; produced …
Nordstream 2 is the name of the undersea pipeline that should soon pump more Russian gas into Europe. It is a divisive project within Europe and has infuriated the US, which fears that more Russian gas means more Russian influence and less share of the lucrative European gas market for American liquefied natural gas. BBC’s …
Image copyright Reuters The world’s richest man, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has accused the National Enquirer’s owner of trying to blackmail him over lewd pictures. Mr Bezos said the magazine’s parent company American Media Inc (AMI) wanted him to drop an investigation into how it obtained his private messages. Mr Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, …
Image copyright Peek Vision Image caption In the Masai Mara, Kenya, the smartphone is becoming an essential piece of equipment As the smartphone falls in price while its capabilities improve, it is becoming a valuable tool in the diagnosis of a growing number of diseases and ailments around the world. When Yonatan Adiri’s mother fell …