UK housebuilders have far too much power. Now a £4.5bn lawsuit could change that for good | Peter Apps
A legal case on behalf of some 700,000 people against the country’s biggest housebuilders could be a catalyst for much-n...
EU Rejects Plea to Pause Troubled EES Biometrics System at Airports Ahead of Summer Rush
E.U. leaders rebuffed a plea from the aviation industry to pause the biometric checkpoints, which have caused long lines...
Virgin Media fined £28m for preventing customers from cancelling contracts
Image source, Getty ImagesByFaarea MasudBusiness reporterPublished8 July 2026, 06:59 BSTUpdated 3 minutes agoVirgin Medi...
Oil prices rise after fresh US strikes on Iran and return of sanctions on Tehran – business live
Almost all major Asian stock markets fall, with Samsung Electronics shares sliding for a second dayGood morning, and wel...
Trains and emergency calls affected after major outage at Australia's largest telecoms company
Image source, GettyImage caption, Telstra says Wednesday's outage was 'intermittent' but affected custome...
Aliens, chimps and a pregnant man: iconic British adverts – in pictures
They may have been unethical, potentially dangerous and somewhat sexist … but each of these classic adverts, from the PG...
Airbnb data identifies illegal social home sublets
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Nearly 6,000 social homes in England are suspected of being illegally sublet on...
‘More public control’: what will Burnham do about water and energy?
In the fifth of a series on nationalisation, we look at utilities – including the cost of ending private ownershipWill B...
Australia dock workers call for 28-hour week in AI talks
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Port giant DP World handles around 40% of Australia's container shipmentsB...
Datacentres are booming – and there goes the neighbourhood | Jess Harwood
Datacentres are booming – and there goes the neighbourhoodBe careful what you wish for See more of Jess Harwood’s cart...
Hundreds of jobs at risk as John Lewis plans to cut some services
Image source, Bloomberg via Getty ImagesByMitchell LabiakBusiness reporterPublished2 minutes agoAround 200 John Lewis st...
Victims of 23andMe data breach to get $47m payout, judge rules
Image source, ReutersImage caption, DNA testing company 23andMe saw user data leaked in 2023ByKali HaysTechnology report...