Author: Nathan Bissitt

There have been claims and counter-claims about the amount of money that Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has made or saved for the exchequer.The prime minister has quoted a figure of £160bn since 2010, but the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, dismissed that figure,

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SSE has confirmed it is merging its domestic business in the UK with Npower to form a new energy company.SSE, the UK’s second-largest energy supplier, which also reported a big fall in its adjusted pre-tax profits of 13.9% in the six months to September,

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Marks and Spencer will open fewer Simply Food stores than expected after like-for-like sales fell by 0.1% in the first six months of its financial year.Under a five-year plan announced a year ago, chief executive Steve Rowe had said the retailer would open 200 Simply

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Japan’s Nissan has reduced its full-year profit forecast as a safety inspection scandal hit earnings. The carmaker expects operating profit of 645bn yen ($5.7bn; £4.3bn) for the year to March 2018, down from previous guidance of 685bn yen. It also saw a sharp

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India’s biggest airline IndiGo apologised to a passenger after video emerged of him being tackled by staff.The video released on Monday allegedly shows IndiGo staff manhandling the passenger on the Delhi airport tarmac last month. It has sparked public outcry on

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One year ago, India’s government withdrew most of the large denomination bank notes in circulation in a surprise announcement aimed at cracking down on wealth that was unaccounted for. The move disrupted life across India – an economy heavily dependent on

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Bjorn Ihler read Anders Breivik’s book only a week after jumping into lake Tyrifjorden in Norway to escape the terrorist’s bullets.Bjorn was one of the survivors on Utoya island where Breivik killed 77 people in July 2011.What Bjorn found in the far-right

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