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Inflation hits 10-year high as energy, fuel and clothing costs jump
Russell Hotten Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The cost of living surged by 5.1% in the 12 months to November, up from 4.2% the…
Inflation hits new 30-year high in February
Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The cost of living continued to soar last month, according to official figures. Prices rose by 6.2%…
The challenges of running a business in Ukraine’s second city
Janet Barrie BBC News, Kharkiv, Ukraine Getty Images Activists hold a ‘Kharkiv is Ukraine’ banner aloft during the Unity March in February What happens when…
Shopping habits have changed for good, says Aldi
The cost-of-living crisis has changed shopping habits for good, according to the boss of Aldi in the UK and Ireland. Giles Hurley says shoppers are…
Food suppliers hit back at Tesco chair in price hike row
Food suppliers have hit back at claims by Tesco’s chairman that they are using high inflation as an excuse to raise prices unnecessarily. Tesco’s John…
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…
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…
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…
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”…
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…