Business

Wetherspoons has become the latest well-known business to experience supply shortages, with some of its beers not available. A spokesman said the pub chain’s...

Rising wages and huge demand for HGV drivers has led to unprecedented numbers of people seeking training for licences, according to Britain’s largest private...

Ryanair’s chief executive has told Sky News the UK should scrap its “bizarre” rules governing foreign travel, saying they are holding the country’s economy...

The Chinese government has banned under-18s from playing online games for more than an hour a day, and then only between 8pm and 9pm...

Business groups have been left “frustrated” after the business secretary rejected requests to loosen Brexit immigration rules to ease the supply chain crisis, telling...

Thousands of cash points have disappeared during the pandemic with many not being replaced, new data shows. Around 8,000 ATMs have been switched off...

The price of toys will spike this Christmas as the cost of delays and shortages hit shoppers’ pockets, according the boss of a British...

J Sainsbury, Britain’s second-biggest supermarket chain, is in advanced talks to sell its banking arm nearly a year after kicking off an auction of...

The UK food and drink sector has called for a temporary visa class to be established for urgently required workers, such as lorry drivers....

A former adviser to Boris Johnson is drawing up plans to list a new infrastructure investment company tied to his ambition to lead a...

The spending limit for contactless payments will increase to £100 from 15 October, the government has said. Currently, contactless spending is capped at £45,...

Labour shortages at meat processing plants have resulted in a surplus of 70,000 pigs on farms, the industry’s trade body has warned. The surplus...

Virgin Money, one of Britain’s biggest retail banks, is to close its charitable giving arm in a cost-cutting move that risks a backlash from...

UK car production fell to its lowest July level in 65 years last month thanks to the global chip shortage and the “pingdemic”, industry...

The UK’s competition watchdog has warned PCR test providers to “immediately review their practices” or face enforcement action if they treat customers unfairly. In...

Takeaway delivery platform Just Eat has announced plans to create more than 1,000 customer service roles at its new office near Sunderland. The company,...

McDonald’s has been forced to pull milkshakes and bottled drinks from its menu due to supply chain issues, it said in a statement on...

The UK’s economic recovery stumbled in August as labour shortages dampened more than six months of unrestrained growth.  The IHS Markit/CIPS Flash UK Composite...

Shares in supermarket giant Sainsbury’s surged on Monday morning following reports that US private equity firm Apollo was considering a bid of more than...