Author: Nathan Bissitt

Fashion designer Stella McCartney and Dame Ellen MacArthur talk to BBC Business Editor Simon Jack at Davos about the war against plastic.”Fashion is the second most harmful industry on the planet. We need to now consume in a more responsible way,” said Ms

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French fishermen have blocked the ports of Calais and Boulogne in protest at so-called pulse fishing, which uses electrified nets to stun fish.Fishing boats stopped ferries entering or leaving Calais while a roadblock stopped traffic at Boulogne.Calais is a major link

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50 Cent has discovered that he is a Bitcoin millionaire, thanks to some long-forgotten album sales.In 2014, he released the album Animal Ambition and became the first artist to accept Bitcoin as payment.The rapper received more than 700 Bitcoins under the deal, but

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Following the reports of sexual harassment of women working as hostesses at the men-only dinner held by The Presidents Club, some of the charities that would have benefited from the money raised have released statements.For example, children’s hospital Evelina

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The government’s new apprenticeship levy is yet to increase the number of people being trained, according to official figures released on Thursday.There were 114,000 apprenticeship starts reported so far for the first quarter of the 2017-18 academic year.That

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Shops, cafes and businesses will offer free water refill points in every major city and town in England by 2021.Industry body Water UK says its scheme could cut disposable plastic bottle use by tens of millions a year. The move comes amid growing concern about the

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