Ikea has apologised to customers after facing stock shortages due to the current congestion at UK ports. Angry shoppers complained…
Energy bills: Automatic switching plan for fairer tariffs
Consumers could be automatically switched to better value energy tariffs under a plan to make the system fairer. The government…
Covid: Christmas comes early as grocery sales ‘hit record’ in November
Grocery sales hit a record in November as people spent more during lockdown and started their Christmas shopping early, research…
Asda joins rivals to pay back Covid rates relief
Asda has announced it will repay £340m of business rates relief it has received during the pandemic. It follows similar…
What went wrong at Debenhams?
Debenhams is set to close all of its 124 stores after last-ditch efforts to rescue the department store chain failed.…
Can you build a tier-1 bank from scratch?
Is it possible to build a tier-1 bank from scratch to compete with the biggest high street players – and…
Caffè Nero rejects bid from billionaire Asda brothers
Coffee shop chain Caffè Nero has rejected a takeover bid from the billionaire brothers behind petrol forecourt business EG Group.…
UK growth slows again in October as rebound stalls
The UK economy grew by just 0.4% in October as the recovery continued to slow in the face of tougher…
Clintons boss: Supermarkets selling greeting cards ‘grossly unfair’
It is “grossly unfair” that supermarkets can sell greeting cards in lockdown while specialist retailers have to shut their shops,…
Shift to electric cars will need ‘Herculean’ effort, says industry
It will take a “Herculean effort” to prepare the UK for a ban on sales of new diesel and petrol…
