'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