Category : BBC - Business

Contrails: How tweaking flight plans can help the climate

Prof Marc Stettler, transport and environment lecturer at Imperial College London, says changing the altitude of fewer than 2% of flights could potentially reduce contrail-linked climate change by a staggering 59%. "Tweaking the flight elevation by j...

Fears over the future of free debt advice

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Second-hand car prices surge amid new car shortage

Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said while a buoyant used-car market was "important, as strong residual values support new car transactions", it was "critical we have a healthy new car market to help accelerate fleet renewal by allowing motorists t...

Toymaker Mattel says price rise has not hit demand

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Amazon sees fresh push to unionise in New York

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PG Tips and Cornetto maker Unilever warns prices will rise

Mark Derry, executive chairman of Brasserie Bar Co, which owns the Brasserie Blanc chain of restaurants and whose chef patron is Raymond Blanc, told the BBC that while trading was holding up well, costs were rising which means it would have to raise...

Marmite and PG Tips maker Unilever warns prices will rise

Petrol station stocks back to normal

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Elon Musk's Tesla reports record sales and profits

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Government borrowing falls in September

With expected growth this year of 7% or more, tax money is flowing into the Exchequer far faster than was anticipated at the last Budget. And much of the emergency spending required in the more severe lockdown last year no longer has to be spent beca...

The tax fraud merry-go-round that cost billions

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Tax cheat schemes cost governments billions

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Abolish energy price cap, says Scottish Power boss

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Cladding: 'We're paying to live in a dark, dull box'

A resident in a Birmingham tower block that is having combustible cladding removed, in the wake of the Grenfell disaster, explains his plight.Leaseholder Jim Illingworth is glad that the government is covering most, but not all, of the cost to remove...

UK agrees free trade deal with New Zealand

"As our economy recovers from the pandemic, we need trade deals that will boost jobs and growth, open up big new markets for UK exporters, and support our objectives to buy, make and sell more in Britain. This trade deal with New Zealand fails on eve...