Category: News Wire

A federal judge in the U.S. has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to rescind its delay of a rule that allows some foreign entrepreneurs to stay in the United States to grow their companies, court documents show.

Royal Mail’s half year profits have fallen by nearly a third as its UK parcels and letters business slipped to a loss – and it warned of further pressure on earnings due to a wrangle with unions.

Worker output in London and satellite cities far outweighs that in places such as Stoke and Doncaster, says Centre for Cities thinktank

Billionaire Sir James Dyson’s company is suing former chief executive Max Conze claiming he leaked the company’s secrets.

New car sales tumbled 12.2 per cent in October, marking the seventh consecutive month of declines and an acceleration on the fall of 9 per cent recorded the previous month. Falling business and consumer confidence was to blame for the drop, according to Mike Hawes, chief executive of trade body the Society of Motor Manufacturers […]

The organisation at the frontline of UK consumer protection says it is seeing a pattern of “old scams, new tricks”.

The Bank of England has increased interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 0.5 per cent – the first rate rise since 2007.

Apple expects record sales of iPhones in the run-up to Christmas, and dismissed any talk of weaker demand for its iPhone 8 models saying they “instantly became out top 2 selling products” on release. 

A Twitter employee briefly deactivated Donald Trump’s Twitter account yesterday.

More than half a million jobs in the construction industry could be lost as a result of the rise of robots.

Ryanair has posted an 11 per cent rise in half-year profits despite a rota blunder which saw thousands of flights scrapped.

Talent, quality of life, location and cost put London ahead, with Edinburgh and Bristol in top 20 despite Brexit.

BP investors sent shares in the oil major to its highest price this year after the supermajor more than doubled its profits in the last three months, driven by a five-year high in earnings for its fuels, petrochemicals and refining businesses.

The Bank of England believes that up to 75,000 jobs could be lost in financial services following Britain’s departure from the European Union.

Shares in Barclays have taken a tumble despite the bank announcing pre-tax profits of £1.1bn for its third quarter – a 31 per cent jump on the same period last year.