BBCMatt quit his McDonald's job because of what he calls a "toxic" work environmentMcDonald's workers have said they are still facing sexual abuse and harassment, a year after the...

Getty ImagesShoppers spent more in December compared with the year before but it wasn't enough to make up for an overall lacklustre year for retailers, new figures suggest.Doing particularly...

The first congestion charge scheme for vehicles in the US has come into effect in New York City.Car drivers will pay up to $9 (£7) a day, with varying...

Getty ImagesConfidence among UK firms has "slumped" as they face a "pressure cooker of rising costs and taxes", according to a business group.The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said...

BBC/Rachel YuSun Zhan, 25, graduated in finance. He now works as a hotpot waiter in Nanjing, in eastern ChinaChina is now a country where a high-school handyman has a...

PA MediaBad weather can cause travel disruption for passengers, as seen at the end of 2024 in the UK (file photo from 2017)Heavy winds and fog led to thousands...

Getty ImagesThe number of people going to shops has fallen for the second year in a row, according to a leading data monitor, after the year ended on a...

BBCJoanne Horner-Bloomfield says she is "devastated" to have to rely on food banks since losing so much money from her caravanAbout 1,200 caravan owners across the UK, many of...

Lidl had its most successful Christmas trading period on record, the supermarket chain said, boosted by a rise of a third in party food sales.Revenue rose almost 7% to...

Getty ImagesUK house prices ended 2024 some 4.7% higher than at the start of the year, according to the Nationwide.Property prices and housing market activity remained "remarkably resilient" despite...

Russian gas has stopped flowing to EU states via Ukraine after a five-year deal expired, marking the end of a decades-long arrangement.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that his...

Women may be at risk of missing out on opportunities at work as they are less likely to go into the office than men, the boss of the world's...