All news by author: Lawrence Matheson

The measures will be legislated for as part of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill as it progresses through Parliament

The CNIL has imposed the fine on Amazon France Logistique, which manages the e-commerce giant's warehouses, over the data recorded by handheld scanners used by staff

The UK's fourth largest cinema chain said it expects to be supported by new releases including Wicked, Despicable Me 4, Paddington in Peru, Joker: Folie a Deux, Inside Out 2, Mufasa: The Lion King, Dune: Part II and an untitled Gladiator sequel

More than half a million savers with a major building society used traditional passbooks in branches last year

The business said its sales over December fell by 11% compared with the same month the previous year, down £1.1 million to total £8.7 million

Gamstop, Britain's national self-exclusion scheme, reported a 9.5% year-on-year increase in new registrations for 2023, with those signed up now totalling more than 433,000 people

The solar and electric vehicle industries have been heavily impacted by forced labour in the region

The Chancellor and Bim Afolami, the economic secretary to the Treasury, met with bosses at Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest, Santander UK and the London Stock Exchange Group on Tuesday morning

The Government has published a new draft code of practice on cyber security, aimed at helping business leaders boost their cyber resilience and protect their organisations from attack

The American had previously said it was not worth posting new content directly to the Elon Musk-owned platform because creators only received a small amount of advertising revenue

The airline has agreed a deal with loveholidays to offer its flights as part of package trips

The company, which owns 1,414 pubs across the UK, said retail sales between September 30 to January 20 grew 8.8%, compared to the same period in the previous year

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said a sustained fall in poverty has not been seen in two decades

The rise in referrals between April and October 2023 compared to the same period the previous year was uncovered by a Freedom of Information request by the BBC's File on 4 programme

The group will extend price cuts to ranges such as Loyd Grossman cooking sauces and Mr Kipling Bakewell slices over its fourth quarter to the end of March

The forecast comes despite concerns that tensions in the Red Sea would lead to a spike in energy bills

The Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill would require the industry regulator to run annual rounds for new oil and gas licences, subject to stringent new emissions and imports tests

The group said the Primark sales rise was driven by higher average selling prices as well as strong demand for Christmas ranges and lines such as its collection designed in collaboration with singer Rita Ora

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that public sector net borrowing hit £7.8 billion during the month

The change could not be made at short notice when England reached the final of the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia

The EY Item Club has upgraded its outlook for UK growth in 2024, to 0.9% from the 0.7% it previously pencilled in last October

Farmers are calling on MPs to support tougher regulations to protect them from 'unfair' treatment by the 'big six' supermarkets

The total number of property millionaires fell by 8.3% (60,260) during the year to the end of 2023, with higher mortgage costs and tougher housing market conditions having an impact

The businessman's digital marketing firm, S4 Capital, told investors it is expecting sales to have dipped over 2023, in line with its previously downgraded expectations

The Financial Reporting Council has unveiled a new set of governance rules for company directors, which have been watered down from the originally proposed changes in a bid to safeguard UK competitiveness