Business

The problem of Britain’s ‘missing workers’ is biting hard across sectors

The Wild West, suckers beware, and a good barometer of exuberance

Branding shift could reflect ambition to become ‘metaverse company’

Capital’s property market ‘turns a corner’ as UK average increases by £25,000 in a year

Virginia Water in Surrey remains top of Zoopla’s property rich list

Net zero plans for finance and homes are announced as the Treasury tots up the price tag

Inflated accommodation prices mean some visitors will travel from Edinburgh

Downing Street accused French manufacturer of breaching contract

There’s tough choices ahead for Chancellor Rishi Sunak

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