Business

Brexit and Covid-19 among explanations as festive supply chain blame game begins

Facebook knows its products are destructive, but it does not appear to be doing everything it can to fix them

The metaverse is Silicon Valley’s new obsession. Could it change the world?

Is the Bank of England’s apparent volte-face on inflation justified?

Share price tumbles following the departure of CEO Nick Beighton

Lorry driver shortages are contributing to delays at key port

GDP is boosted by reopening of hospitality and leisure, but licensed premises remain in limbo

Homeowners to be hit by interest hikes as Bank of England tries to rein in inflation

Brutal survival drama portrays fictional victims of South Korea’s soaring household debt

The ‘dismal days of Mike Ashley are over’ as new owners spell out club’s ambitions

Boris Johnson heightens farmers’ fury with bacon sandwich comments

Last weekend’s auction proved ‘strangely underwhelming’

Russia accused of using the energy crisis to speed up approval of controversial pipeline

What the experts said about the film franchise’s latest blockbuster

New names sneak into list of priciest roads

US crude hits seven-year high as Opec+ resists pressure to ramp up production 

Boris Johnson defends £20-a-week cut by arguing that taxpayers should not ‘subsidise’ low pay

Share price is hit by global service outage and whistleblower allegations

PM and chancellor refuse to rule out further hikes - but insiders say they have struck a secret deal

Britain’s bloated public finances are ‘a matter of growing concern’

Some have been predicting a full-scale ‘China crisis’ for years, while others are spying opportunities

British luxury car company’s entire fleet will be fully electric by 2030

1.6m workers were still being supported by the scheme in July 

Ministers play down shortages fears and insist UK has ‘plenty of petrol’

Leaked documents revealed the social network’s ‘corporate hypocrisy’ 

Investors are betting heavily that the ‘boom’ in music streaming ‘still has a long way to go’

Piers Morgan has been hired as the star of the new channel

JPMorgan Chase has launched a digital bank in London

Deal would see the streaming company acquire Premier League rights

London eyeing US-Mexico-Canada pact but economists say benefits of joining would be extremely limited

Exercise equipment company going ‘beyond the home’ following Precor acquisition

MP warns cost of living may be the ‘biggest political issue’ in the next decade