Food and drink industry bodies have sounded the alarm over potential carbon dioxide shortages, after one of the UK’s largest suppliers of the gas said surging energy costs were forcing it to pause production. The US firm CF Industries said ...
The Isle of Man’s government has agreed to freeze electricity prices until March 2023 to shield residents and businesses from a sharp increase in bills this winter. The intervention announced on Wednesday will mean local customers are likely to pay ...
Workers at Chiltern Railways, Northern Trains and Transpennine Express say they will walk out in a dispute over pay but no dates have been set. A series of large-scale rail strikes have already happened this summer, causing disruption for millions. ...
More homes were sold in the UK in July than in any other month this year, official figures show, but agents say buyers are showing more caution. Cost-of-living pressures were leading some to negotiate harder for a lower price, agents ...
Bristol-based Anaphite, which is developing new technology to improve batteries for electric vehicles, has raised just under £1 million from Wealth Club clients under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). The funding was part of Anaphite’s latest £4.1 million funding institutional ...
TOKYO — Japan will spend $1.83 million on a state funeral for slain former leader Shinzo Abe, the government said on Friday, despite growing opposition from a public angered by revelations of the ruling party’s ties to the Unification Church. ...
LONDON — Britons will learn the reality of the looming winter energy shock on Friday when the regulator announces an expected 80% jump in its price cap, heaping pressure on the government to do more to help millions of households ...
TAIPEI — For nearly 70 years an imagined line running down the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China has helped keep the peace but the so-called median line is looking increasingly meaningless as China’s modernized navy asserts its strength. China ...
VATICAN CITY — Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world gather for events at the Vatican starting this weekend that could amount to a dress rehearsal for an eventual conclave to choose a successor to Pope Francis after he dies ...
NEW DELHI — For years Indian television company NDTV pursued an independent line critical of the government even as others embraced strident nationalism. Now a proposed takeover by tycoon Gautam Adani’s conglomerate has raised fears that one of the country’s ...