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
BBC Sheffield understands there are interested buyers and that the administrators are already in active discussions and are also inviting formal offers from other credible potential investors. Wigfield, a managing partner at Begbies Traynor, said: “The joint administrators have taken over the running of the club with immediate effect to protect the interests of creditors, … 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
Adina Campbell,UK correspondent and Anthea Lee,Senior producer BBC Mum-of-four Afua Kyei says the Bank of England supports parents in the workplace Afua Kyei, the Bank of England’s chief financial officer, has been named the UK’s most influential black person. The 43-year-old is one of the UK’s most senior finance leaders, in charge of the financial … Read more
MaryLou CostaTechnology Reporter Getty Images There’s no shortage of plastic to recycle In the plastic recycling industry, the casualties keep coming. Waste management company Biffa’s Sunderland plant closed in February after opening in 2022 at a cost of £7m, while rival Viridor closed its Avonmouth plant in 2022, Skelmersdale in 2023 and confirmed this summer … Read more
Chris VallanceSenior Technology Reporter Getty Images Apple could be forced to pay up to £1.5bn in damages after losing a collective legal action court case brought on behalf of 36 million UK iPhone and iPad users, both consumers and businesses. The Competition Appeals Tribunal found that Apple had abused its dominant position by charging “excessive … Read more
Mark Poynting,Climate and science reporter, BBC News and Jonah Fisher,Environment correspondent PA Media England’s water companies have been ordered to refund more than £260m to their customers for poor performance. The economic regulator Ofwat says 40% of that money has already been taken off this year’s bills, with the rest to come off next year’s. … Read more
The number of reported passenger assaults on the rail network has more than tripled in the past 10 years, according to official figures. Between April 2024 and March 2025 found there were 10,231 reported assaults, up 7% on the year before, the Office of Rail and Road’s annual report into health and safety found. Ten … Read more