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Image caption The government’s Brexit Readiness Roadshow truck outside Edgbaston cricket ground To prepare business for Brexit, a roadshow has been touring the country dispensing advice. Did it answer all the bosses’ questions? The outdoor bars and marquees are being packed away outside Edgbaston cricket ground on a blustery September morning. In their place a […]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Train fares have risen following the tax hike Japan has increased its consumption tax for the first time in five years, bringing the long-delayed policy into effect despite concerns it may knock the economy. On Tuesday, the country raised its sales tax rate from 8% to 10%. The new

Image copyright Getty Images Household appliances will become easier to repair thanks to new standards being adopted across the European Union. From 2021, firms will have to make appliances longer-lasting, and they will have to supply spare parts for machines for up to 10 years. The rules apply to lighting, washing machines, dishwashers and fridges.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The proposals would mean customs sites created on both sides of the border The UK has proposed creating a number of customs sites on both sides of the Irish border as a replacement to the Brexit backstop, it has been reported. Irish national broadcaster RTÉ has seen extracts of proposals

Image copyright Getty Images It took China less than 70 years to emerge from isolation and become one of the world’s greatest economic powers. As the country celebrates the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, we look back on how its transformation spread unprecedented wealth – and deepened inequality – across

Image copyright Getty Images Worried customers of the defunct pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond (A&B) have been told they can collect their pawned goods from branches of rival chain H&T. Many have faced difficulties redeeming items used as collateral for loans after 116 A&B pawn shops shut abruptly earlier this month. Some even feared goods such

Image copyright Google Maps Image caption The porn was shown on the screens above the Asics logo Sports company Asics has apologised after screens outside a flagship store in Auckland, New Zealand, showed pornography for several hours. The content played on the store’s promotional outdoor screens above the entrance until staff arrived at 10am on

NEW YORK (AP) — WeWork’s new leaders formally suspended a planned stock market debut Monday, as they seek to repair the battered image of a company that appeared to revolutionize the office-rental industry and was poised just weeks ago to go public with a value of nearly $50 billion. WeWork said it will withdraw regulatory

A woman who spent 38 years working for travel firm Thomas Cook has told how her job made her the “envy of everybody”. Reflecting on her time at the company, Marina Bridger said: “I was always very, very proud to say that I worked for Thomas Cook. “It was the envy of everybody.” Ms Bridger’s

When a new mom returned to work at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, Washington, in 2014, she quickly realized pumping breast milk on the job was going to be an issue. Taking a 15- to 30-minute break every few hours to pump added more to her already busy day. And the only space she was offered