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A food redistribution charity is looking to the winter with ‘horror’ as hundreds of organisations wait on its books for supplies. The Felix Project, which delivers surplus produce across 1,000 community partners in London, gave a bleak outlook for the cold months ahead as the cost of living crisis intensifies. more

Primark's website has crashed after the retailer finally launched its click-and-collect service. It is starting a trial in 25 stores in north-west England, Yorkshire and north Wales for children's products only.more

Men in the Netherlands still earn more than women, according to a recent survey by the Netherlands Statistics Office (CBS). The pay gap is as high as 5 euros an hour, to the detriment of women.more

Households are starting to receive a larger rebate on their energy bill under the Warm Home Discount scheme but concerns remain for those missing out. The rebate was frozen at £140 for nearly a decade, but this winter it has increased to £150 and will be discounted automatically from bills.more

All UK residents will have to pay higher taxes, but those who earn the most will have to make greater sacrifices, Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt announced.more

British King Charles III will fund one-off £ 600 bonuses for royal palace workers to help them with rising living costs, The Sun reported.more

Thousands of households which use smart meters and are in debt on their energy bills are being moved over to a prepay method which costs more and could leave them cut-off. more

NHS bosses are increasingly paying premium rates for agency staff to plug holes in rotas, the BBC has found. Spending in this area rose by 20% last year to hit £3bn in England.more

Olive trees are extremely resistant to drought, and therefore they are successfully grown in countries famous for their high temperatures. Nevertheless, this year's summer took its toll on Spanish growers. Many of them are alarming that the olive harvest is almost half as much as last year, which will translate into oil prices.more

The UK appears to be heading into recession after the latest official figures showed the economy shrank between July and September. The economy contracted by 0.2% during the three months as soaring prices hit businesses and households.more

The number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to a new record high, it was revealed on Thursday, as hospital bosses were putting in place plans to “minimise harm” to patients during the nursing strikes. more

To compensate for the effects of inflation, the Bundestag decided yesterday to introduce tax breaks that will cover 48 million of 84 million German citizens. Will be increased, among others child allowance. In addition, the housing benefit reform is expected to ease the burden on low-income households.more

National Grid expects there to be “sufficient generation” to avoid rolling power cuts this winter, with Britain’s supplies boosted by the return of a crucial electricity link to France that was hit by fire.more

Christmas adverts have started on TV - and as ever, many conjure up sentimentality, nostalgia and joy. But as the cost of living soars, some retailers have opted for a more muted approach to their campaigns this year.more

Eight out of 10 Belgian companies are securing additional budget to offer job candidates higher salaries than their own employees, according to research from Acerta. Nearly half of the companies also offer potential employees additional benefits, such as company cars.more

More than 70,000 workers at 150 British universities - university lecturers and support staff - will go on a three-day strike at the end of November, demanding pay increases and improved working conditions, the UCU union representing them announced yesterday.more

The famous singer admits that there was a time when he benefited from school meals. Today, he wrote an open letter to Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, asking him to expand the free school meals program for students from poor families. The letter was published just before the government presents its budget plan for next year.more

Primark will not increase prices any more than already planned before next autumn despite soaring costs, its owner has said. more

Property owners in the UK should receive £ 300 a month to deal with soaring mortgage installments, Liberal Democrats said, calling on the government to prepare an appropriate bailout package.more

According to the Household Energy Price Index (HEPI) report, electricity and gas bills in the capitals of European Union countries have almost doubled compared to the previous year.more

A record 14.7 percent UK food prices rose in October compared to the same month in 2021, and 27% of households are not doing well financially, Kantar, a market research company, reported today.more

Many schools in England are considering cutting teachers or teaching hours to save money, says the head teachers' union, NAHT.more

This group of customers are those that Ulster Bank views as having “low reliance on these accounts or may have accounts elsewhere”. more

British business minister Grant Shapps has suggested that, as part of the budget report, the government may tax the extraordinary profits of oil and gas companies, which has been demanded by the opposition Labor Party for several months.more

According to the GfK Purchasing Power Europe 2022 survey, Poland dropped one position to the 29th position in the survey measuring the purchasing power of 42 European countries. The average purchasing power in Poland amounted to over 9,200 euro, while the average for Europe is over 16.3 thousand euro.more