The biggest sector of the economy remained in a downturn last month as new orders continued to fall owing to the cost of living crisis, a closely watched survey shows. The monthly purchasing managers’ index (PMI) by S&P Global and ...
Britain’s retailers benefited from a November sales boost fuelled by Black Friday discounts and colder weather as consumers bought winter coats, hot water bottles and hooded blankets, according to industry data. In its latest snapshot of high street and online ...
The government risks “sleepwalking” into a food supply crisis unless it provides crucial support for British farmers struggling with the soaring cost of fuel, fertiliser and feed, the National Farmers’ Union has warned. Rising costs could result in supply problems ...
The average start-up loan has fallen over 138 percent in the past year to just over £142k, from £339k in 2021. Thats according to new findings by Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance follow a recent British Business Bank report showing external finance ...
PARIS — The decision to make wearing face-masks in public transportation mandatory again to contain a new surge in the COVID-19 epidemic will depend on the evolution of the situation, French Health Minister Francois Braun said on Monday. “I invite ...
WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers have stolen tens of millions of dollars worth of US COVID relief benefits since 2020, the Secret Service said on Monday. The Secret Service declined to provide any additional details but confirmed a report by NBC ...
SEOUL — A nationwide strike by South Korean truckers has led nearly 100 petrol stations across the country to run dry, government data show, and a national trade union said it would launch a general strike on Tuesday in support ...
MUNICH/BERLIN — Former Wirecard executives go on trial on Thursday, two years after the collapse of the payments company that produced Germany’s biggest post-war fraud scandal and sent shockwaves through the country’s political and financial establishment. Austrian former chief executive ...
INDONESIAN lawmakers have passed a contentious criminal code that outlaws extramarital sex and raises penalties on abortions as part of legislation that sparked violent protests when introduced in 2019. Parliament passed the bill at a plenary session on Tuesday, which ...
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday approved a criminal code that bans sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, part of a raft of legal changes that critics say undermine civil liberties in the world’s third-largest ...