VIDEO: Running a ceramic art business
Ceramic artist Majolandile Dyalvane takes the BBC on a tour of his gallery in Cape Town, South Africa.
US adds 252,000 jobs in December
The US economy caps year of strong jobs growth with a fall in the unemployment rate from 5.8% to 5.6%.
VIDEO: Living with ‘statelessness’
Nearly one million people without nationality live in Ivory Coast, as Tamasin Ford reports.
Money Shop could close 200 stores
The Money Shop, a payday lender owned by US firm Dollar Financial, is amid a consultation process to close as many as 200 of its 500 stores.
Major developments hit by Tesco exit
Tesco has dropped plans to build two major stores in Lincolnshire, putting a question mark over the towns’ development plans.
VIDEO: The Russians not going to Goa
The falling price of oil and the collapse of the Russian rouble have led to a downturn for the tourism industry in the Indian state of Goa.
Half of fuel-poor ‘are in work’
More than half of those defined as being in fuel poverty in England are actually in work, according to a report from the think tank Policy Exchange.
German exports and production fall
German exports and production fall in November, against a backdrop of slow German economic recovery in the European powerhouse.
Low oil price narrows UK trade gap
The falling price of oil helped to narrow the UK’s trade gap with the rest of the world in November to its lowest since June 2013, figures show.
Firm offering free drycleaning for jobseekers
The High Street chain Timpson is offering to dry clean suits for unemployed people going to job interviews.