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Image copyright Stefan Rousseau Image caption Sajid Javid said Brexit would impact businesses “one way or the other” The chancellor has warned manufacturers that “there will not be alignment” with the EU after Brexit and insists firms must “adjust” to new regulations. Speaking to the Financial Times, Sajid Javid admitted not all businesses would benefit […]

Image copyright Rolls-Royce Image caption The Ultrafan engine has giant carbon composite blades tipped with titanium “It’s on another scale from anything I’ve seen before,” says Lorna Carter who recently started working at a new Rolls-Royce research and development facility near Bristol. She works with giant robots which lay thousands of strips of carbon fibre

Image copyright Getty Images Sainsbury’s has beaten rivals Morrisons and Asda to be named the cheapest supermarket of 2019, according to a survey by Which?. Throughout the year, the consumer group tracked the prices of 53 branded items on a typical shopping list. The list included goods like Andrex toilet roll and Weetabix cereal. Each

At the Rough Trade East record shop in London’s Brick Lane, a man dressed as a giant hot dog is on stage introducing a song. “Put your hands up if you’re afraid of spiders,” says frontman Murray Matravers of fast-rising band Easy Life, before launching into one of their typically quirky compositions. Easy Life’s in-store

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Security is tight at the Alpine event Some of the world’s top business people and politicians – plus a smattering of celebrities – will gather in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week. US President Donald Trump, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg and Uber boss Dara

Image caption Zipporah Kuria, the daughter of Joseph Wathaika – who was killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash – said the existing system has “already dearly cost us” Relatives of a man killed in one of two crashes involving a Boeing 737 Max have condemned a report into the disasters. The expert panel behind the

Image copyright Mark Fielder Image caption Mark Fielder criticised Whirlpool’s response Thousands more owners of dangerous Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines have demanded a resolution from manufacturer Whirlpool. The US firm launched a huge recall of UK machines last week, and some 76,000 customers are now awaiting action. But that still leaves 443,000 machines which

Image copyright Travelex Image caption Tony D’Souza said it was “not appropriate” to discuss details of the attack. The boss of Travelex has broken his silence about a cyber attack that forced its staff to use pen and paper and halted travel money sales at some banks and supermarkets. The firm has released a number

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCoaltown Coffee boss: ‘I failed my business exam’ Scott James had failed all his exams – and decided the future was in his own hands. Aged 19, he set up his own coffee roasters in his hometown Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. Six years later he is still living in

Image copyright Getty Images Retail sales fell again in December as a Christmas shopping spree failed to materialise. Monthly retail sales volumes fell by 0.6% in December, the fifth month in a row without growth, the Office for National Statistics said. Food stores were hard hit, with the quantity bought falling by the biggest amount