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Manchester City won the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Community Shield last season Manchester City brought in a record £535.2m last season, the club’s 2018-19 annual report says. It was City’s 11th successive year of revenue growth and closes the gap on local rivals Manchester United, the Premier League’s richest club. The figure […]

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said workers and consumers would “take back control” under a new business model if Labour wins the election. In a speech in Westminster, he said company boards would include workers and elected members, giving them greater influence over pay structure. And public sector chief executives would

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mina Chang says she was “unfairly maligned” A senior US state department official has resigned amid reports she filled up her CV with false claims about her education and professional background. Mina Chang was accused by US media of claiming a non-existent university degree and creating a fake Time

Image copyright PA Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is to open more restaurants abroad, six months after he was forced to close most of his UK operations. Jamie Oliver Group has said international franchisees plan to open 21 new Jamie Oliver-branded restaurants by the end of 2020. At least two of those restaurants will be under

Image copyright Reuters Testing failures of a new computer system were the cause of problems that left up to 1.9 million TSB customers without online banking access, a report by law firm Slaughter and May has said. In April 2018, the bank started moving customers to a new system, but some could not use it

Image copyright Getty Images EasyJet is relaunching its package holiday business as the airline looks to fill the gap in the industry left by Thomas Cook’s demise earlier this year. About 20 million people fly with EasyJet to Europe annually but only 500,000 book accommodation through it. The news came as the carrier reported a

Image copyright Radisson Image caption Federico has been on the move since he left Madrid as an 18 year old The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Federico González, chairman of the Radisson Hotel Group. Federico González spends 250 days a year away

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump’s UN General Assembly speech appears to put some to sleep – including US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross The US government says sleeping in the office is a no-no. But experts say it’s time they reconsider, writes Jonathan Berr. The US government has decided to get

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption “Economists are always saying on the one hand, but then on the other hand,” says Prof Esther Duflo, pictured with her husband Abhijit Banerjee Economists have had a hard time in recent years, with Conservative politician Michael Gove famously saying that people were tired of “experts” during the Brexit

Image copyright Reading Pride Image caption Campaigners outside the Reading shopping centre US fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has changed its charitable giving policies, which had been criticised by LGBTQ activists. The restaurant company did not explain the decision except to say it wanted to offer “more clarity” about its donations. The firm said its giving will