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Nearly 15,000 British retail jobs have already been cut since January in a “brutal start to the year” for the high street. A total of 14,874 retail job losses have been announced by companies so far, according to analysis from the Centre for Retail Research (CRR).more

Uber Eats plans to expand its presence in Ireland after seeing a growth in small business activity on the platform since the pandemic. more

Elon Musk warned on Wednesday at the World Government Summit in Dubai that artificial intelligence is "one of the biggest threats" to civilisation.more

US electric car maker Tesla has fired dozens of workers for forming a union, the AP reported yesterday, citing the Workers United union headquarters.more

Budget supermarket Aldi has said it is on the hunt for another 400 workers in London as its rapid expansion across the capital continues. The German-owned firm said it is looking for people of all levels of experience to fill roles across the region, with salaries of up to £63,000.more

British Gas owner Centrica has posted huge profits after oil and gas prices soared last year, sparking renewed calls for energy firms to pay more tax. Its profits hit £3.3bn for 2022, more than triple the £948m it made in 2021. more

The price of five popular menu items at McDonald's is set to rise due to the cost of living crisis. more

High-end grocer to reduce prices of hundreds of items in its Essential range by average of 14%.more

It will come as no surprise to most of us that some areas of the UK contribute more to the nation’s economic output than others, with many factors affecting a city’s local economy. more

Scotland’s employment rate has reached a new high, after the latest figures showed a rise in the number of people in work.more

Ford has announced that it will cut jobs in Europe. Over the next three years, Germany - 2,300 and Great Britain - 1,300 will lose the most jobs.more

British employers expect to raise wages for their staff by the most in at least 11 years but the 5% pay deals for workers would still fall well below expected inflation, a survey published on Monday showed.more

Representatives of British arms companies are discussing in Kiev plans to produce weapons and military vehicles in Ukraine under British licence by joint ventures, The Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday.more

The lights in future City of London skyscrapers may be turned off or dimmed at night in order to save energy under proposed plans by the local authority.more

We grew our headcount too fast and face serious economic headwinds, says CEO Will Shu.more

Sales of second-hand cars fell sharply last year as fewer used models came onto the market, industry figures show. more

A third of phone and broadband customers don't know their provider can increase the cost of their bills, Ofcom research finds. Prices are set to rise by 14% in April in line with inflation. more

Shopping at urban convenience stores run by the big supermarkets could add more than £800 a year to the cost of putting food on table.more

French petrochemical company TotalEnergies earned a record 19.5 billion euros ($20.5 billion) last year, the French company reports. Net profit is €2.5 billion higher than a year earlier.more

Return tickets could be scrapped in demand-based system as part of wider reforms to ‘broken model’, says transport secretary.more

Five decades on from Britain’s rapid shift away from an economy based on heavy industry, the toxins it left behind continued to blight the country’s towns and cities, data seen by i shows.more

One in five households with pre-payment meters have not cashed in their energy vouchers issued to help pay bills. more

The government and energy companies have launched a support fund for people who cannot pay their electricity and gas bills, reports Financieele Dagblad. People whose income does not exceed 200 percent of the subsistence minimum can apply for subsidies to bills.more

Spending by shoppers at British retailers grew less quickly in January but the overall picture looked a bit brighter as consumers treated themselves to cinema trips and booked holidays, surveys showed on Tuesday.more

The true owners of nearly 52,000 properties in England and Wales held by foreign companies are still unknown, although a law passed after the outbreak of war in Ukraine was supposed to ensure that the ownership structure was disclosed, BBC News and Transparency International reported yesterday.more