Business - Page 106

Some 65 cargo ships have been forced to queue outside two of America’s biggest ports, in the latest sign of supply chain disruption hitting the US. The ships are stuck outside the

The way people travel has been changed forever by the pandemic, the boss of lodging platform AirBnb has said. Brian Chesky told the BBC the lines between business and leisure travel are

The government is set to pay out tens of millions of pounds to restart production of carbon dioxide at a key plant in the UK amid fears over food supplies and the

Repeated human errors made for years were to blame for a scandal which led to more than £1bn of state pensions not being paid, a report has concluded. The National Audit Office

Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday as concerns persisted over Chinese property group Evergrande and its impact on the global markets. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index closed 2.2% lower, but Hong Kong’s Hang

A surge in gas prices has seen UK energy suppliers go broke and the prospect of rising household bills. It’s prompted headlines warning of shortages and a “winter of discontent”. Does the

A third Russian faces charges over his alleged involvement in the 2018 Salisbury poisonings, which left three people critically ill and one dead. Security sources believe Denis Sergeev was the on-the-ground commander

The government is poised to step in to tackle the gas price crisis and carbon dioxide shortage, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said. The move comes as rising wholesale gas costs are

China will not build new coal-fire projects abroad, a move that could be pivotal in tackling global emissions. President Xi Jinping made the announcement in his address at the United Nations General

The main property unit of Chinese real estate giant Evergrande has said it has struck a deal over a bond interest payment which is due on Thursday. The amount due for the

Coca-Cola has said production at its Lambeg facility in County Antrim has not been impacted by the shortage of CO2 (carbon dioxide). Farms, food, drink producers and supermarkets have warned a shortage

The boss of the UK’s energy regulator says “well above” hundreds of thousands of customers may be left in limbo as suppliers go bust in coming months. Ofgem’s Jonathan Brearley told MPs