Economy

Almost 400 Ryanair flights scheduled for Friday have been grounded because of pilot strikes. Employees in Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands are staging a 24-hour walkout over pay and conditions. The Irish airline, Europe’s largest by passenger...

Elon Musk’s announcement that he was considering taking Tesla off the stock market should not have been a total surprise. If Musk goes through with his plan he will join a long line of entrepreneurs who have...

British Gas is adding £44 to the typical fuel bill for 3.5 million customers in the second increase this year. Britain’s biggest energy supplier blamed rising wholesale energy prices for the 3.8% rise in its standard...

Companies are putting off hiring senior staff and potential job candidates are staying put because of uncertainty over Brexit, one of Britain’s leading recruitment companies has said. Page Group’s overall first-half pre-tax profit rose 18.1% to £67.2m....

The Oprah effect has continued to work its magic for Weight Watchers, with the company reporting 1 million more members in a year and revenue up by one-fifth. Weight Watchers’ shares are worth more than 13 times their...

Total dependence on Russian natural gas and electrical energy from breakaway Transnistria has caused the current Moldovan Government to take action during its final months in power. Moldova’s parliament speaker Andrian Candu said on Tuesday evening...

Landlords have dropped a legal challenge against House of Fraser’s plan to possibly close more than half its stores, making it easier for the embattled department store to broker a rescue deal. The case, which was due to...

More than six million workers are worried their jobs could be replaced by machines over the next decade, according to a report urging trade unions and the government to provide more support for those at risk....

“Five years ago there was nothing here,” says Hamad Said Al Rawahi as he drives fast along a stretch of freshly paved highway in Oman’s coastal desert. He just picked me up from the side of...

The high street health food chain Holland & Barrett is to open vegan stores as part of a plan to cash in on the increasing number of people who shun all meat and animal products. The...