BBC Business News
Covid: Travel firms reject 'overly cautious' green list (Sat, 08 May 2021 09:49:06 GMT)
The UK will be "left behind" if other countries open up travel more quickly, the industry says.
Post Office scandal: Former staff contacted over prosecutions (Sat, 08 May 2021 09:35:25 GMT)
It is contacting former workers potentially caught up in the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice.
US jobs figures fall far short of expectations (Fri, 07 May 2021 16:34:10 GMT)
Employers hired 266,000 people last month, figures show, despite a $1.9tn stimulus package.
Virgin Media customers left waiting longest on phone (Fri, 07 May 2021 13:53:42 GMT)
Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile had the longest average customer call waiting times, Ofcom has found.
Furlough: Pair arrested over £3.4m job scheme fraud (Fri, 07 May 2021 13:55:52 GMT)
Officials freeze more than £6m held in bank accounts controlled by the man and woman from Bradford.
Twitter adds 'tip jar' to pay for good tweeting (Fri, 07 May 2021 11:17:35 GMT)
Twitter launches a new payment feature for good tweets - but it comes with privacy concerns.
British Airways owner IAG calls for action to restart flights (Fri, 07 May 2021 09:05:19 GMT)
The airline group says there is a "high level" of pent-up demand from passengers.
Holiday costs to jump in summer, warns travel boss (Fri, 07 May 2021 10:51:06 GMT)
Travel will be more expensive as airlines cannot afford to bring many planes back into service.
Road and rail building plans under review after Covid (Thu, 06 May 2021 19:58:47 GMT)
Post-pandemic shifts in travel habits could undermine the logic behind many infrastructure projects.
Plastic bag charge to double to 10p in all shops in England (Thu, 06 May 2021 23:15:53 GMT)
The price rise for single-use bags will be extended to all businesses in England from 21 May.
Tui to subsidise Covid tests for package holiday customers (Fri, 07 May 2021 09:59:34 GMT)
The travel firm is offering discounted tests with its holidays but there are concerns over testing capacity.
Juukan Gorge: Rio Tinto investors in pay revolt over sacred cave blast (Fri, 07 May 2021 02:35:48 GMT)
Shareholders voted against outgoing boss's $10m bonus after sacred Aboriginal shelters were destroyed.
China's exports soar as US recovers and India stalls (Fri, 07 May 2021 06:32:58 GMT)
Export growth soared 32% in April as demand jumped for goods from the world's second largest economy.
Liberty steel owner in talks over £200m lifeline (Thu, 06 May 2021 15:42:15 GMT)
Sanjeev Gupta's beleaguered UK steel business may yet find the help it needs, the BBC understands.
UK economy set to grow at fastest rate in more than 70 years (Thu, 06 May 2021 15:12:13 GMT)
Economy expected to grow by 7.25% in 2021 as lockdown restrictions are eased, says Bank of England.
UK service sector growth hits seven-year high (Thu, 06 May 2021 09:02:46 GMT)
The UK's dominant services sector rebounded in April as lockdown restrictions were eased.
Sub-postmaster's wife 'cried eyes out' over jailing (Thu, 06 May 2021 10:42:21 GMT)
A wrongly-jailed postmaster's wife has described the ordeal of seeing her husband locked up.
No full-time return to the office for over a million (Thu, 06 May 2021 11:59:49 GMT)
Almost all of 50 big UK firms tell the BBC staff will divide their time between home and office in future.
Covid: Should I be working from home or going back to the office? (Wed, 05 May 2021 16:13:36 GMT)
As lockdown restrictions ease gradually across the UK, what are the rules about returning to work?
'We are desperate to go travelling again' (Wed, 05 May 2021 23:17:49 GMT)
"Digital nomads" aim to get back to mobile working after Covid, with many countries wooing them.
Back to work: 'We're not going back to the office' (Wed, 05 May 2021 23:04:40 GMT)
Tara Tomes of East Village PR firm in Birmingham explains why she's ditching the office.
The company where colleagues decide your salary (Tue, 04 May 2021 23:03:26 GMT)
A software firm in Argentina is trying a radical experiment in employee transparency and democracy.
Food giants respond to worries over packaging (Mon, 03 May 2021 23:03:47 GMT)
The phasing out of single-use plastics gathers pace with big companies adopting alternatives.
Microchip shortage: Inside a factory racing to meet demand (Mon, 03 May 2021 23:08:31 GMT)
Katie Silver tours a microchip factory in Singapore racing to meet demand amid a global shortage.
My Money: 'It feels like a luxury to shop for non-essential items' (Sun, 02 May 2021 23:02:34 GMT)
Social care worker Sarah takes us through her weekly spending as England's national lockdown lifts.
