Business

Back to Westminster now – and business leaders have expressed some relief that there will be no Brexit ‘cliff edge’ tomorrow – saying an imminent economic crisis has been averted – but they’re certainly not celebrating yet.

While Brexit may be paralysing the political process, it’s had an unexpected effect on the economy in the past month.

Debenhams has fallen into administration after rejecting a rescue bid from Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley.

As politicians fail again to come up with a solution to Brexit, preparations for no-deal are costing British industry hundreds of millions of pounds. 

We spoke to Steven Armstrong, who’s chairman of Ford Europe and says the firm is spending tens of millions of pounds preparing for a possible no-deal Brexit.

Britain’s top civil servant has warned that a no-deal Brexit would be “catastrophic” for British business. 

Business leaders have already expressed their despair at all the continued uncertainty and frustration, some saying Britain’s already-tarnished reputation has ended the week “in tatters”.

Business owners from up and down the country expressed their frustration at the inability of parliament to agree on any way forward on Brexit.

Boeing has unveiled details of a software fix for its 737 Max aircraft, designed to rebuild confidence and get the plane flying again after two fatal crashes in just a few months.

The gunman’s live-stream of the Christchurch mosque shootings was one of the most shocking aspects of last Friday’s attack.

Are social media firms doing enough to tackle extremism and stop the live-streaming of violence?

In the first of four court cases, a High Court judge described a culture of “secrecy and excessive confidentiality” at the Post Office. 

371 Boeing airliners are sitting idle on the tarmac tonight, after the aviation giant grounded its 737 MAX model. It follows the decision by the US Federal Aviation Administration to temporarily ban the jet from US airspace – joining more than 50 countries which had already done the same. Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash claimed 157 lives, including nine…

Amid the political mayhem, the Chancellor stuck to the date he had in his diary and delivered his spring statement, giving us a snapshot of the economy’s performance and hints of spending to come.

Marks and Spencer was founded in the 19th century, Ocado in the 21st. Today, these very different businesses came together in a multi-billion pound joint venture, using Ocado’s hi-tech knowledge to deliver M&S food.