Business

Image copyright Ennismore Image caption Sharan Pasricha’s has opened Ennismore hotels in Europe and the US The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Sharan Pasricha, boss of boutique hotel group Ennismore. Sharan Pasricha’s entrepreneurialism first became evident when he was just six years […]

Image copyright Jane Wong Image caption Jane Wong spends up to 18 hours every weekend combing through code She was the first person to get a detailed look at Facebook’s new dating feature before the designs were released to the public. She discovered that Airbnb was testing a new flight integration feature that alerted hosts

Image caption Cardiff Airport was bought by the Welsh government in 2013 for £52m Cardiff Airport needs to develop freight services and its business zone, a former senior manager has said. Peter Phillips questioned the scope for attracting more flights, after Flybe announced plans to close its base. A former advisor to Brisbane and Amsterdam

Image copyright PA The UK should make “independent” decisions about whether to let Huawei help build its 5G network, according to China’s ambassador in London. The US, Australia and New Zealand say the Chinese firm is a security risk because of its ties to the state. But writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Liu Xiaoming said

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Comac’s first large passenger jet, the C919, carries out a test flight in Shanghai in 2017 For the past decade China, soon to become the world’s largest aviation market, has been developing its own planes as it seeks to loosen Western manufacturers’ grip on the sector. The planes made

Chancellor Philip Hammond will this week rule on the future of 1p and 2p coins, a year after he called them “obsolete”. In his Spring Statement in 2018, a Treasury consultation about the mix of coins in circulation appeared to pave the way for the end of both of them. A swift reverse by the

Image caption Natascha Engel was previously deputy speaker of the House of Commons The UK’s shale gas commissioner is resigning after just six months, saying fracking is being throttled by rules preventing mini earthquakes. Current government rules mean fracking must be suspended every time a 0.5 magnitude tremor is detected. But Natascha Engel said this

With the deadline for British companies to disclose their gender pay gaps just days away, thousands of firms have yet to submit their figures. Three-quarters of firms pay men more than they pay women on average, based on those who have reported so far. To find out the pay gap at your company, use the

Image copyright Mowgli Street Food Image caption Nisha Katona was a barrister before she became a restaurateur The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to 48-year-old Nisha Katona, founder of Mowgli Street Food – a contemporary Indian restaurant chain in the UK. When Nisha Katona

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Do we need to rethink our approach to cybersecurity? Billions are being lost to cyber-crime each year, and the problem seems to be getting worse. So could we ever create unhackable computers beyond the reach of criminals and spies? Israeli researchers are coming up with some interesting solutions. The