Business

While Boris Johnson says he can sketch out post-Brexit trade deals on the back of an envelope, one of the world’s most powerful trading nations, China, has just opened a new route into Britain.

Theresa May’s Brexit speech saw a surge in the pound as the markets, which had been preparing for a hard Brexit, responded to the removal of uncertainties and the promise of a parliamentary vote.

Forget the traditional image of the family breadwinner. One in four low-paid men now works part time, thanks to the changing nature of the British workforce.

Two more major carmakers are being investigated over diesel emissions tests, as the Department of Transport said it was urgently seeking more details.

Now some encouraging news for retailers at last: as new figures show there’s been a boost in Christmas sales for some of the biggest names on the high street.

While Trump spoke the markets gyrated wildly up and down.

The deputy editor of the Telegraph, Allister Heath, and Dawn Foster, who’s a writer with the Guardian.

It’s been another day of industrial action affecting transport services.

Boris Johnson has returned from his trip to Washington to make contact with the new administration fired up by their apparent enthusiasm for a trade deal with the UK.

If you’ve just returned from a busy day at the office, you may well have contributed to a small rise in productivity in Britain.

Sir Vince Cable says he will “certainly not” shop at JD Sports following allegations about working conditions at Britain’s biggest sports retailer.

We spoke to the former footballer Pat Nevin who won 28 caps for Scotland across a ten year international career and now works as a football writer and broadcaster.

One strike for wearing branded clothes, two strikes for using a mobile phone. Channel 4 News has seen an internal document from JD Sports detailing these guidelines that its warehouse workers can face if they break company rules.

It’s shaping up to be a winter of discontent for the UK, with a flurry of strikes promising disruption from Post Office counters to trains and air travel. Now it seems even your morning bowl of cereal could be at risk, as Weetabix workers vote to take action too.

If you’re hoping to join the great Christmas getaway next weekend then beware: check-in staff, baggage handlers and cargo crew at 18 airports across the country have voted for a 48 hour strike from December 23rd. Pilots at Virgin Atlantic and British Airways cabin staff are also planning industrial action over the festive period.