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Shoppers 'in the dark' about Brexit effect

ByNathan BissittJuly 10, 2017

UK shoppers are “completely in the dark” about the effect Brexit will have on their weekly shop, a former Sainsbury’s boss has told BBC Panorama.Justin King, who ran the supermarket for a decade, said the “last thing” any current

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Takeaway industry under threat, say campaigners

ByNathan BissittJuly 10, 2017

The takeaway restaurant sector is being threatened by skills shortages, an organisation representing the industry claims. Businesses are also being squeezed by rising inflation and business rates, according to the British Takeaway Campaign. Research from the campaign,

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Philip Morris: Tobacco giant ordered to compensate Australia

ByNathan BissittJuly 10, 2017

Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been ordered to pay the Australian government millions of dollars after unsuccessfully suing the nation over its world-first plain-packaging laws. In 2012, Australia legislated that cigarettes must be sold in unappealing packets with

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China shipper Cosco to buy HK rival OOIL for $6.3bn

ByNathan BissittJuly 10, 2017

Chinese shipping giant Cosco is set to buy its Hong Kong rival OOIL for $6.3bn (£4.9bn).The deal would make Cosco the world’s third biggest shipping company, with more than 400 vessels. OOIL’s majority owner has accepted the bid, though the sale will still

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Indian campaigners protest over sanitary pad and tampon tax

ByNathan BissittJuly 9, 2017

Campaigners in India are going to court against a tax on menstrual hygiene products. Sanitary pads and tampons are taxed at 12% even though many other feminine cosmetic products have been made tax-free.Few women use the products in India, and campaigners say the

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Ex-Sainsbury's boss warns Brexit will hit weekly shop

ByNathan BissittJuly 9, 2017

We are all being kept “completely in the dark” about the effect Brexit will have on our weekly shop, Sainsbury’s former boss Justin King has told BBC Panorama.He says it is going to mean “higher prices, less choice and poorer

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CEO Secrets: Opera boss says make it all about the people

ByNathan BissittJuly 9, 2017

Alex Beard is the chief executive of London’s Royal Opera House. He told #CEOsecrets he thinks he has the best job in the world and that the key to doing it well is to make sure that the people who work for him are at the centre of everything.Follow #CEOSecrets

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Medieval money

ByNathan BissittJuly 9, 2017

Not far from where I live is Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum, home to art and antiquities from around the world. I often find myself slipping down the stairs to the money gallery in its grand basement. You can see coins from Rome, the Vikings, the Abbasid Caliphate

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One man's quest

ByNathan BissittJuly 9, 2017

Media playback is unsupported on your device Tech entrepreneur TJ Rodgers made billions of dollars founding silicon chip maker Cypress Semiconductors, now he has turned his sights to wine-making, and is on a quest to make the best Pinot Noir in the New World. A

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The Californian trying to make wine like the French

ByNathan BissittJuly 9, 2017

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Californian billionaire trying to make the best Pinot Noir in the New World. Source: BBC News