Tesco sells Dobbies Garden Centres for £217m
Tesco sells garden centre chain Dobbies for £217m as the retailer continues its strategy of focusing on its supermarket business.
China’s Cheetah Mobile leads way in creative innovation
Growth is slowing in the world’s second largest economy, China. So what’s the fix? Karishma Vaswani finds out if it could be the nation’s creative side.
National Grid ‘should be broken up’
The UK’s energy system needs major reform, with the National Grid replaced by a US-style independent operator, says a committee of MPs.
Convenience store openings up by 20%
The total number of convenience stores in the UK rises by more than a fifth in the five years to the end of 2015 as fewer people do a big weekly shop.
Microsoft to help track legalised marijuana sales
Microsoft teams up with Californian technology start-up Kind Financial to help track legalised marijuana sales
War on waste
Reducing global food waste by a quarter would mean there was enough to feed all the malnourished people in the world. Can tech help reach this goal?
Striding ahead
China has always been a country that copies its way to success, not a place where creativity thrives. So are China’s plans to turn into an innovation superpower realistic?
Redstone seeks to oust Viacom directors and CEO from board
Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone seeks to remove CEO Philippe Dauman and four other directors from its board as part of a bitter battle for control of the Paramount and MTV owner.
VW plans huge investment to become electric cars leader
German carmaker Volkswagen plans huge investment to launch 30 all-electric models as it repositions itself as a “green” transport leader.
Inside Disney’s new Shanghai resort
Disney is preparing to open its first park in Shanghai, but has the park been changed for China?