Month: January 2021

Facebook News, the social network’s dedicated section for news content, is launching in the UK. The UK is the second market to get Facebook News, which launched in the United States last year. Several major news publishers, including Channel 4,... Read More

Credit card giant Mastercard is to raise the fees it charges merchants when UK cardholders buy goods and services from the EU by fivefold. It has sparked fears that consumer prices could rise if merchants choose to pass on those... Read More

UK retailers could abandon goods EU customers want to return, with some even thinking of burning them because it is cheaper than bringing them home. They say the new EU trade deal has put costly duties on returns at a... Read More

Investment company Aviva is to close offices across the UK and allow staff to work from home, beyond the pandemic. Aviva, which employs 16,000 people in the UK, said the plans would not lead to job cuts and people could... Read More

A luxury car manufacturer has been ordered to destroy a range of clothing merchandise after losing a trademark battle with a fashion company. In 2019 the High Court ruled Bentley Motors had infringed the trademark of Manchester-based Bentley Clothing. It... Read More

Supermarkets’ online shopping operations came under strain as customers rushed to book deliveries ahead of the new coronavirus lockdown. Within a couple of hours of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech to the nation on Monday, shoppers reported problems with Sainsbury’s... Read More