Business is the activity of making one’s living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). Simply put, it is “any activity or enterprise entered into for profit. It does not mean it is a company, a corporation
Danielle KayeBusiness reporter Mike Callicrate Mike Callicrate, a cattle rancher who has built a direct-to-consumer operation, at his farm in St Francis, Kansas. Beef prices have gotten so high in the US that it has become a political problem. Even Donald Trump, who long ago declared inflation “dead”, is talking about it, as the issue … Read more
Bethan LewisEducation & family correspondent, BBC Wales News Robin Lloyd Robin Lloyd said moving a few miles across the border meant she could now afford to have a second child From her Monmouthshire home, Robin Lloyd was able to see houses over the border in England knowing the families who lived there could access free … Read more
Sam FrancisPolitical reporter PA Media Chancellor Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out an income tax rise in next month’s Budget, amid speculation she is considering breaking a key Labour election pledge. Asked about reports, first published in The Guardian newspaper, that the Treasury is in active discussions over raising the rate, Reeves said she … Read more
Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Getty Images Coffee prices have surged nearly 19% since September of last year US inflation hit 3% for the first time since January last month, but remained milder than many analysts had expected. The 3% rate tracked the pace of consumer price increases over the year to September and was up from … Read more
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Carys NallyWest of England Leonardo The AW149 is one of the helicopters manufactured by Leonardo staff Members of staff at one of the world’s biggest defence firms are set to strike. Leonardo, which runs the UK’s only helicopter factory in Somerset, is facing 3,000 members of the union Unite walking out across five of its … Read more
Retail sales hit their highest level since 2022 in September, with good weather giving a boost to clothes shopping, according to new data. Monthly sales rose by 0.5% in September 2025, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. Between July and September, retail sales were 0.9% higher than the previous three months. … Read more
getty GP surgeries in south London are giving financial advice to help patients manage debt and handle benefits claims – and the results are striking. In the 34 practices running the Back on Track scheme in Lambeth and Southwark, one in three patients visited their GP less often after receiving advice, and more than 1,100 … Read more
US President Donald Trump has said he is immediately ending all trade negotiations with Canada. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that the country had run an advert featuring former US President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs. “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,” Trump wrote … Read more
US President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in South Korea on 30 Oct on the sidelines of a summit in Asia, the White House has confirmed. The meeting between Xi and Trump has been in the works for weeks but was called into question as tensions between the world’s two largest … Read more