Employers who are worried that they are not be able to run Christmas parties for their staff due to strikes and disruption could put them back or send employees a Christmas hamper. Robert Salter, a tax services director at tax and ...

Fashion Cloud has announced it has received an investment of €25 million, led by European specialist growthequity investor Verdane. Verdane’s deep expertise in the B2B software business along with its large international network andits team of in-house specialists will support ...

SEOUL — When Daniel DePetris, a US-based foreign affairs analyst, received an email in October from the director of the 38 North think-tank commissioning an article, it seemed to be business as usual. It wasn’t. The sender was actually a ...

HONG KONG — Arrivals in Hong Kong (HK) will be free from COVID-19 movement restrictions from Wednesday and no longer barred from certain venues, Chief Executive John Lee said, and the city will also scrap use of a government-mandated COVID-19 ...

WASHINGTON — Global public and private debt saw its biggest drop in 70 years in 2021 after reaching record highs because of the impacts of COVID-19, but overall remained well above pre-pandemic levels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on ...

We’re in the middle of the busiest shopping period of the year and, with a billion active monthly users globally, TikTok offers many opportunities for SMEs to get on someone’s wish list this Christmas. Indeed, 47% of people on TikTok ...

The cost of the continued strike action at Royal Mail may have climbed to £200 million, according to industry estimates, with more loss of revenue set to come. Last Friday marked the 13th day of action in a bitter dispute ...

The American electric vehicle start-up backed by Amazon has halted a joint venture with Mercedes-Benz to produce vans in Europe. Rivian, which has been seeking to reduce its cash burn, said that it wanted to concentrate on its existing commercial ...

Kwasi Kwarteng disregarded warnings that his £45bn mini-budget could trigger a backlash on the financial markets, Treasury officials told MPs today. The department’s permanent secretary, James Bowler, said he was “absolutely confident Treasury officials set out the right advice” to ...

Rishi Sunak has been warned by a key immigration body to avoid focusing on reducing the numbers of people coming into the UK amid a national staffing shortage in key industries. The independent migration advisory committee has urged the prime ...