Tech

'Worst Year For High Street Job Losses In 25 Years'

Nearly 180,000 retail jobs were last year, up by almost a quarter on the previous year, analysts say. Read more

Scotsman Owner JPI Media Sold To National World For £10.2m

National World, a media takeover vehicle led by industry veteran David Montgomery, buys JPI. Read more

Spent Less, Saved More: What We Bought This Year

Consumer spending fell 7.1%, says Barclaycard, which tracks half of all credit and debit card spending. Read more

FTSE 100 Suffers Worst Year Since Financial Crisis

Investors' nest-eggs have been hit as the UK's leading share index falls 14.3% in 2020. Read more

Brexit: Dover-Calais Route 'will Work Well On 1 January'

Channel Tunnel operator Getlink says there will not be congestion when new trading rules begin later. Read more

Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Ordered Back To Jail

The 73-year-old is the city's highest profile person charged under a controversial security law. Read more

Brexit Trade Deal Advises Governments To Use Netscape Communicator And SHA-1. Why? It's All In The DNA

A simple cut-and-paste text job from a 2008 EU treaty for genetic databases People are pointing to the inclusion of Net... Read more

Why Have Global Stock Markets Gone Up This Year?

Jobs around the world are being lost, but the global stock market is rising - what's going on? Read more

Cognac Targeted With Tariffs In US-EU Trade Row

The US adds levies to French and German goods in a long battle over subsidies for Boeing and Airbus. Read more

Vaccine And Water Unseats Mukesh Ambani As Asia's Richest Person

Nicknamed the lone wolf, China's Zhong Shanshan has unseated India's Mukesh Ambani. Read more

Brexit: New EU Trade Arrangements To Begin After Parliament Vote

The UK's hard-fought agreement with the EU is set to come into force at 23:00 GMT on Thursday. Read more

Tesco, Pizza Hut And Superdrug In Minimum Wage Fail

Almost 140 companies investigated between 2016-18 failed to pay £6.7m to more than 95,000 workers. Read more

New Year Honours 2021: Hays Travel Boss Irene Hays Made A Dame

Irene Hays ran the travel agency with her husband John and in 2019 they took on Thomas Cook staff. Read more

Firms Moving Into Tier Four: Devastated And Disappointed

Thousands more businesses will now have to close or extend closures as restrictions escalate. Read more

Four-day Week Means 'I Don't Waste Holidays On Chores'

A new study suggests a four-day working week could be introduced immediately and be affordable for most firms. Read more