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Image copyright Getty Images In July 2019, the US women’s football team won the World Cup. Their success was, in part, attributed to having tracked each player’s menstrual cycle and adapted individual training loads and diet accordingly. It is an approach which many think is long overdue. In recent years, a number of top sportswomen […]

Image caption Up to 380 jobs could be lost at the plant Hundreds of jobs could go at a steelmaking factory in Newport after its owner announced it was shutting part of its operations. The steel giant Tata is closing its Orb Electrical Steels base in the Pill area of the city. Up to 380

Image copyright PA Media Activity in the UK’s manufacturing sector contracted at the fastest pace for seven years in August, a closely-watched survey has suggested. The uncertainty surrounding Brexit and the global economic downturn were some of the factors hitting firms, according to the survey from IHS Markit/CIPS. The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) produced by

Image copyright AFP A deal that saved Debenhams from administration will be challenged in the High Court this week, putting the retailer’s future back into doubt. A commercial landlord – backed by Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct group – is fighting the plan which saw Debenhams agree to shut 50 stores and secure rent cuts on

Image copyright Getty Images UK house prices could drop by 6.2% next year if the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October, according to accountants KPMG. However, if a deal is reached, KPMG predicts that house prices will rise by 1.3%. London will probably see a fall in prices with or without

Image copyright Getty Images Argentina has imposed currency controls in a bid to stabilise markets as the country faces a deepening financial crisis. The government will restrict foreign currency purchases following a sharp drop in the peso. Firms will have to seek central bank permission to sell pesos to buy foreign currency and to make

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Richard Pierson (left) and Andy Puddicombe set up the business in 2012 The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Andy Puddicombe and Richard Pierson, co-founders of meditation app Headspace. It was a series of tragedies that sent

Image copyright EPA Some flights to and from the UK are facing delays and cancellations due to problems affecting French airspace. British Airways said an air traffic control “outage” had hit flights going through French and Spanish airspace. EasyJet said it was experiencing disruption due to a “partial failure of French air traffic control systems”.

Image copyright Doctor Martens Image caption Dr Martens’ vegan boots represent 4% of all pairs sold Remember when synthetic leather was the fall-back option, if you couldn’t afford the real thing? Not any more. It has just become a selling point: clothes and accessories marketed as free from cow skin and any other animal products,

Image copyright Getty Images The US is due to impose fresh tariffs on a range of Chinese goods, in a sharp escalation of a bruising trade war. On Sunday, the US is expected to hit billions of dollars worth of Chinese products with 15% duties, in the first of two rounds of new tariffs. Beijing