Plastic bag charge to double to 10p in all shops in England
The price rise for single-use bags will be extended to all businesses in England from 21 May.
Road and rail building plans under review after Covid
Post-pandemic shifts in travel habits could undermine the logic behind many infrastructure projects.
Liberty steel owner in talks over £200m lifeline
Sanjeev Gupta’s beleaguered UK steel business may yet find the help it needs, the BBC understands.
UK economy set to grow at fastest rate in more than 70 years
Economy expected to grow by 7.25% in 2021 as lockdown restrictions are eased, says Bank of England.
No full-time return to the office for over a million
Almost all of 50 big UK firms tell the BBC staff will divide their time between home and office in future.
Sub-postmaster’s wife ‘cried eyes out’ over jailing
A wrongly-jailed postmaster’s wife has described the ordeal of seeing her husband locked up.
UK service sector growth hits seven-year high
The UK’s dominant services sector rebounded in April as lockdown restrictions were eased.
‘We are desperate to go travelling again’
“Digital nomads” aim to get back to mobile working after Covid, with many countries wooing them.
Back to work: ‘We’re not going back to the office’
Tara Tomes of East Village PR firm in Birmingham explains why she’s ditching the office.
The company where colleagues decide your salary
A software firm in Argentina is trying a radical experiment in employee transparency and democracy.