Category : BBC - Business

Climate change: Landmark US bill clears Senate hurdle

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Qantas asks executives to work as baggage handlers for three months

"The high levels of winter flu and a Covid spike across the community, coupled with the ongoing tight labour market, make resourcing a challenge across our industry," Qantas' chief operating officer Colin Hughes said in an email shared with the BBC b...

Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata Motors to buy Ford car plant in India

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JetBlue airline boss over-hiring to beat staff exodus

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The lockdown side-hustles that turned into full-time businesses

The business is growing slowly, with sometimes only a handful of orders each week, but it is enough to cover her costs, invest in the business and draw a modest wage, she says. Initially, they only designed trousers for men as that was seen as their...

Cost of living: People turning back to cash as prices rise

It is the highest amount since records began five years ago, and only the second time that personal cash withdrawals have exceeded £800m. The last time was December 2021, and there's always an increase in withdrawals around that time of year, the Pos...

Climate change: Tears of joy as US bill clears Senate hurdle

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Liz Truss not ruling out emergency payments, says Penny Mordaunt

"Through our £37bn support package we are also saving the typical employee over £330 a year through a tax cut in July, allowing people on Universal Credit to keep £1,000 more of what they earn and cutting fuel duty by 5p, saving a typical family £100...

Energy bills: Charities warn people against not paying

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Liz Truss will seek to bring in National Insurance cut immediately

Energy bills: What do I do if I can't pay?

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Is there anything green about plastic grass?

"Back in the day, these lawns were made from a polypropylene surface which was a bit scratchy" says Andy Driver, sales and marketing director at Evergreens UK, based in Rutland in the East Midlands, recalling school sport played on rough 'astroturf'...

Port Talbot: Tata Steel faces crunch-time, professor warns

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Why Australia will work harder to build ties with Indonesia

"Indonesia is by far our largest trading partner when it comes to exports of Australian wheat. It's a pretty good relationship at the moment," Brett Hosking, chair of GrainGrowers, an industry group, and a farmer in Victoria, told the BBC News websit...

Cost of living: Over a third cut back on essentials

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