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Image copyright Getty Images Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal is “acceptable” and the country should push ahead with it, leading banker Sir Ian Cheshire has said. Sir Ian, chairman of Barclays’ UK operations, told the BBC that business leaders wanted to see certainty. He added that it was “extremely unlikely” that further negotiations with […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMy security software was a scam that cost me £4,000 When Doug Varey clicked on a pop-up ad offering computer security protection for 12 years for £556, he signed up. “I had no reason to suspect it wasn’t genuine,” he says. That was a mistake. Mr Varey

Doug Varey was offered security software which sounded like a good deal. It turned out to be a frightening scam that cost him thousands of pounds. He was shown images which appeared to be of Russian gangsters buying weapons with his money, and handed over thousands of pounds to make it stop. Indian police have

Image copyright Capital Group One of the world’s leading fund managers has been forced to resign after the BBC discovered he had broken investment rules. Mark Denning helped to manage more than $300bn (£229bn; €265n) of investors’ money at Capital Group. BBC One’s Panorama uncovered evidence that suggests he was secretly acquiring shares for his

Image copyright PA Media The pound slipped against the dollar as commercial currency markets opened for the first time since MP’s backed a move to delay approval of the Brexit deal. Most big banks in London had called in extra staff, expecting volatile trading after the first Saturday sitting in the House of Commons for

Image copyright Cabinet Office Image caption Billboards telling the public to prepare for Britain’s exit from the EU will launch soon The government has changed the wording of its Get Ready for Brexit campaign appearing to suggest a no-deal exit on the 31 October is now less likely. Its website now says: “We could still

Image copyright Giannis Athinaios Image caption Jannis Athinaios has been fishing off the coast of Greece for over three decades Jannis Athinaios is preparing to sell his merchandise, an assortment of fresh red mullets, red snappers, white sea bream and blunt-snouted mullets, at the sun-washed port of Nea Makri, a coastal town 25km northeast of

Image copyright Rob Tanner “If you were trying to design a way to close businesses like mine, you’d behave exactly as the government has done”. Rob Tanner is on the cusp of winding up his 19-year-old business, SEA Oxford. He takes parties of Europeans – mainly teachers – sightseeing to some of the UK’s most

Image copyright Claire O’Leary Image caption Sean and Claire O’Leary run a plumbing and heating business together Two of the winners of this year’s Nobel prize for economics are married to each other. So – what’s it like to work to be partners at work with your partner in life? Sean O’Leary, 34, from Southampton

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Politicians such as Bernie Sanders have focused attention on the wealth tax Higher taxes are a hot topic in American political circles. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has called for a 2% tax on family fortunes above $50m. Rival candidate Bernie Sanders, who tugged the Democratic Party to the