BBC Jay Forman says he doesn’t have the fat margins of a business like Apple’s to absorb tariffs The business of the North American Toy
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Zero-hour contract ban to include agency workers in employment bill
Agency workers will be included in a ban on “exploitative” zero-hour contracts as part of amendments to the government’s employment reform bill, the BBC understands.
US tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go ahead on Tuesday, says commerce chief
Tom Geoghegan & Laura Bicker BBC News, London and Beijing Watch: ‘I’d be pissed if I was Canadian’ – Trump supporters on 51st state jibe
Deadline for National Insurance top-ups softened
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images A looming deadline for people to plug gaps in their National Insurance record, to ensure they get
How do the Post Office scandal compensation schemes work?
There have been 983 convictions – 700 of which were privately initiated by the Post Office – linked to the faulty Horizon IT programme. People
Low paid workers to get 80% of salary when ill
More than one million low-paid workers in the UK are to be entitled to 80% of their weekly salary as sick pay from the first
Fraudsters stole £40k from Hertfordshire man via phone scam
Julian Paszkiewicz Radio 4, You & Yours Stephen Stephen said dealing with the fraud had taken him seven hours a day to resolve since it
Government to end leasehold flat system with new commonhold plans
BBC Leaseholders and some renters currently pay a service charge Ministers have outlined plans to abolish the leasehold system in England and Wales. Proposals to
TikTok investigated by UK watchdog over use of children’s data
Tom Gerken Technology reporter PA Media The UK data watchdog has launched what it calls a “major investigation” into TikTok’s use of children’s personal information.
Switzerland targets rich tourists but at what cost?
Imogen Foulkes Geneva correspondent, BBC News Badrutt’s Palace Hotel Swiss hotels, such as Badrutt’s Palace in St Moritz, attract the world’s wealthiest people The world