Families face disruption on Wednesday as striking teachers force up to 4.5 million pupils to stay away from school on the biggest day of industrial action for a decade. Teachers seeking above-inflation pay rises will walk out with up to ...
British businesses have started the year with far more optimism, according to a new survey showing that confidence hit its highest level in six months in January. The latest Lloyds Bank Business Barometer suggests that overall confidence among UK companies ...
Online retailers had 35 per cent of their goods returned last year, up from 25 per cent the previous year, with December replacing January for the first time as the busiest month, according to industry research. The rise was driven ...
British households cut more than 2m subscriptions to services such as Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ last year, as the cost of living crisis fuelled the first annual decline since the UK streaming revolution began a decade ago. Despite a ...
More than 1.6 million adults aged 50 and over are unable to work because of long-term sickness amid ballooning NHS waiting lists and an exodus from the British workforce since the pandemic, according to the most detailed analysis yet of ...
The Bank of England is poised to raise interest rates for the 10th time in succession when its policymakers meet this week in a further squeeze on the finances of mortgage holders and businesses. Financial markets expect a 0.5 percentage ...
WELLINGTON — Flood-ravaged Auckland is forecast to receive further heavy rain in the coming days, authorities in New Zealand’s largest city said on Monday, as insurers counted the costs of what looks likely to be the country’s most expensive weather ...
SEATTLE/PARIS — Boeing’s 747, the original and arguably most aesthetic “Jumbo Jet,” revolutionized air travel only to see its more than five-decade reign as “Queen of the Skies” ended by more efficient twinjet planes. The last commercial Boeing jumbo will ...
JERUSALEM — Israel’s new hard-right government said on Sunday it had dropped a year-old tax that had significantly reduced the consumption of single-use plastic plates and utensils. The decision, in apparent defiance of global efforts to reduce the amount of ...
The bears have missed out on a barn-burning rally over the last few weeks. Now, many are changing their stripes and “holding their noses” as they buy late into the rally. This is a great time to assess what’s likely to happen ...