Mortgages: Halifax joins rivals in cutting rates on mortgages
The UK’s biggest mortgage lender will sharply reduce rates as mortgages market shows signs of slowing....
Last-minute summer holiday bookings rise as Brits flee rain
Travel agents are reporting a rise in people booking overseas trips due to the drizzly UK weather....
US to bar and screen some tech investments in China
The move gives the government new oversight over foreign dealings by private firms....
Struggling Wilko suspends home delivery orders
The High Street retailer faces collapse if it cannot secure fresh investment by next week....
TUI: Heatwaves likely to affect where and when we holiday
The tour operator says climate change could affect where and when people choose to go on holiday....
Amazon sellers fear going under as site withholds cash
Some sellers say a new policy to hold their money in reserve is ‘crippling’ their businesses....
Deflation: Why falling prices in China raise concerns
The world’s second largest economy has slipped into deflation for the first time in more than two years....
WeWork: Shares slide as it raises ‘substantial doubt’ over future
Shares of the once globally hyped company fall by close to 24% in extended trading in New York....
Warning UK set for five years of lost economic growth
The economy has been hit by Brexit, Covid and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a think tank says....
Water firms face legal action over sewage pollution
It could result in customers receiving an average of £40 each, but there is no guarantee it will succeed....