Category: News Wire

Alex Polizzi is looking for a new breed of operators to feature in the next series of The Hotel Inspector, set to broadcast on Channel 5 later this year.

Deliveroo workers are to protest tomorrow (9 February) over their self-employed status outside the Deliveroo depot in Battersea, London.

The number of young men working in retail, bars and restaurants has increased since 1993, while the number of women has fallen.

Four men have been convicted on fraud and bribery charges over a £160m conspiracy that fooled lenders into funding the installation of ultrafast broadband networks in sewers.

Lloyds Banking Group has signalled it will pay out compensation to customers hit by the HBOS fraud after coming under pressure from MPs to take action after six people were jailed last week for the £245m bribery scandal.

Tax is set to rise as a share of the UK’s income to its highest level since 1986, according to a think tank.

The UK’s decision to leave the European Union could lead to the EU’s clients shifting business worth €1.8tn (£1.6tn) to the continent.

Wages in London grew at the fastest since March last year during January, as UK-wide demand for staff reached a 17-month high, a new survey shows.

Apple, Google and Facebook are among 97 companies who have signed a legal brief in official opposition to US President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban.

PwC has “a relatively positive long-term growth projection for the UK” as a result of “favourable demographic factors and a relatively flexible economy by European standards”.

Over the last two years, thanks to a low oil price, many economies have been living under a low-inflation illusion. 2017 looks set to be the year inflation strikes back.

Four million customers on prepayment energy meters are expected to save around £80 a year after a price cap was announced by energy regulator Ofgem.

Deutsche Bank has taken the unusual step of apologising to the German public for the damage caused by its ongoing legal problems, which last week helped to push the bank to its second consecutive annual loss.

Two thirds of British business leaders think that the UK’s infrastructure is worse than other developed economies, according to a Lloyds Bank survey released today.

Currency fluctuations are ‘likely to continue as the Brexit transition unfolds’, the British Chambers of Commerce said.