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Image copyright Getty Images Ocado has invested £17m in developing so-called “vertical” farms. The firm, which delivers food bought online from Waitrose, is planning to grow herbs and leafy greens next to its distribution centres. It has made two investments in indoor farming. One is a joint venture with 80 Acres, a US vertical farm […]

Image copyright Woodford Investment Management Ltd The head of the UK’s City watchdog has added to calls for the suspended Woodford Equity Income Fund to waive the management fees it bills investors. Andrew Bailey of the Financial Conduct Authority said Mr Woodford “should consider his position” over the fees. This came after MP Nicky Morgan

Image copyright Getty Images Nearly 200 business leaders have signed an open letter arguing US moves to restrict abortion are “bad for business”. The campaign comes as several US states have passed or are considering stricter new abortion laws. They include controversial “heartbeat bills” which would ban abortion once a foetal heartbeat is detectable. The

Image copyright Skin Inc Image caption Sabrina Tan gave up a career in the tech sector to become a skincare entrepreneur The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Sabrina Tan, founder and chief executive of skincare brand Skin Inc. For Sabrina Tan, leaving

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki apologized to the LGBTQ community at a tech conference Monday after the company came under fire for not taking action against homophobic content on its video-sharing platform.  “I know that the decision we made was very hurtful to the LGBTQ community, and that wasn’t our intention at all,” Wojcicki said at Vox

A labor union representing Marriott workers says it’s building off the success of a large strike last year to add new members inside the world’s largest hotel chain. Nearly 8,000 Marriott employees in eight cities took part in the work stoppages in October and November, under the rallying cry “one job should be enough.” The

Image copyright Getty Images In the race to succeed Theresa May as prime minister, Conservative leadership contenders are setting out how they want to run the UK. But what are some of the candidates saying about tax and spending, and do their sums add up? Boris Johnson Image copyright Getty Images Image caption People would

Image copyright Metropolitan Police Image caption Daniel Kelley will serve four years in a young offenders’ institution A man who was involved in a major hack attack of telecoms firm TalkTalk has been sentenced to four years’ detention. Daniel Kelley, 22, from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, pleaded guilty in 2016 to 11 charges including involvement in the

Image copyright AFP Huawei has denied that it has any links to the Chinese government. Huawei’s cyber-security chief John Suffolk told MPs on Monday that the tech giant had never been asked by China or any other government to “do anything untoward”. Mr Suffolk said Huawei welcomed outsiders to analyse its products and detect engineering

Image copyright AFP Image caption UTC’s Pratt & Whitney makes engines for the world’s most advanced fighter, the F-35 Lightning Donald Trump has warned he is a “little concerned” that a merger between two of the US’s major defence giants could reduce competition. United Technologies Corp (UTC) and Raytheon propose a $121bn (£96bn) deal combining