Rising costs could push family spend up £1,700 a year
BBC Panorama Reporting team Getty Images The figures are based on a family of two adults and two children A typical UK family will spend £1,700 more per year on household costs in 2022, according to a forecast for BBC Panorama. The analysis, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), projected the […]
What will happen once the grace periods end?
John Campbell BBC News NI Economics & Business Editor PA Media Getting goods across the Irish Sea border involves a range of new processes, checks and documentation At 23:00 on New Year’s Eve a new EU trade border was effectively created in Northern Ireland’s ports. It is, in many ways, unlike the EU’s other frontiers. […]
Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free
Maddy Savage BBC News, Hummelsta Maddy Savage Lifvs has 20 stores in rural neighbourhoods Dark clouds loom over the pine forest surrounding Hummelsta, a town of 1,000 people that hasn’t had any local shops for a decade. Since December, a red wooden container, about the size of a mobile home, has offered a lifeline. It’s […]
India added to coronavirus ‘red list’ for travel
Matt Hancock says putting India on the “red list” for travel was a “difficult but vital decision” India has been added to a “red list” of countries from which most travel to the UK is banned, over fears of a new Covid variant, the health secretary has said. From 04:00 BST on Friday 23 April, […]
Russians on the invasion of Ukraine, three years on
Steve Rosenberg Russia editor BBC Recruitment posters for the invasion of Ukraine are everywhere in Russia Driving into Tver, the first thing I notice are the soldiers. They’re everywhere. On billboards, the sides of buildings, at bus stops. Portraits with the words “Hero of Russia”. Posters of troops with Kalashnikov rifles encouraging the public to […]
Supermarkets probed over food and fuel prices
Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Supermarkets are being investigated by the competition watchdog over high food and fuel prices. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it would look at whether a “failure in competition” meant customers were overpaying. Supermarkets said they were working to keep food prices “as low as possible”. […]
Business rates cut for shops, restaurants and gyms
Getty Images Shops, restaurants and bars and gyms in England which have been badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic have been given a financial boost in the Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a temporary 50% cut in their business rates, up to a maximum of £110,000. In addition, he has scrapped 2022’s planned annual increase […]
Shop sales fall for fourth month as more dine out
Getty Images Retail sales in the UK fell for the fourth month in a row in August, but people spent more time eating and drinking in bars and restaurants. Food store sales fell by 1.2%, but the ONS said this was linked to the removal of restrictions on hospitality leading to more people eating out. […]
What do Scots want from this election?
BBC Liam Valentine, pictured with baby Ellie, worries about his the future for his children Before the country heads to the polls on 4 July, BBC Scotland News has been asking voters what matters to them. As part of our Your Voice, Your Vote series, we have been listening to the issues causing the most […]
Farmers across Wales light bonfires to send election agriculture message
BBC Farmers light a bonfire at Shadog Farm, Pentre-cwrt, near Llandysul, Ceredigion The farmers’ pressure group Enough is Enough lit bonfires on farms around Wales on Monday evening to highlight the importance of agriculture before the general election. Events were held in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Pennal near Machynlleth, Brecon, Powys, Aberystwyth and Rhydlewis, Ceredigion. The main […]