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Age gap among first-time buyers sets in, the Halifax says

A gap between the average age of first-time buyers in different parts of the UK has set in despite property price growth slowing, a lender has said.

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‘Flash crash’

The “flash crash” during early Asian trading is the latest in a series of blows for the UK’s currency.

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Zac Goldsmith: Heathrow project ‘will never go ahead’

The Conservative MP for Richmond says the third Heathrow runway has ‘no prospect’ of going ahead

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British pound’s ‘flash crash’ caused by more than a ‘fat finger’: FX strategist

“It just became a vortex.” That’s how currency analyst Boris Schlossberg described Friday’s plunge un sterling.

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‘Historic’ aviation agreement reached on carbon emissions

A landmark agreement to control CO2 emissions from international aviation has been reached.

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LinkedIn launches a feature that lets you search for a job without your boss knowing

LinkedIn has launched a feature to let you secretly search for jobs online without your boss knowing, the company announced on Thursday.

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Bernard Matthews creditors told ‘£23m debts’ will not be paid

Nine hundred former suppliers to the Bernard Matthews turkey business, who were owed millions of pounds before it was sold, are told they will not be paid.

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UK industrial output weakens while trade deficit widens

UK industrial production fell in August, official figures show, as manufacturing failed to make a strong recovery from a mid-summer slump.

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UN agency approves first-ever aviation pollution deal

After years of negotiations, a global carbon offsetting agreement has been approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization.

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Aviation industry agrees deal to cut CO2 emissions

A landmark deal has been struck by the aviation industry to limit greenhouse gases, but environmentalists are unimpressed.