While the economy started this year strongly, Wednesday saw another example of a surprise to the markets in the wrong direction.In May the economy slowed again, and now inflation...

Faarea MasudBusiness reporterTripAn advert by Trip drinks has been banned for making unauthorised claims it can "help you feel calm".The ad for the drink, which includes cucumber, mint and...

Michael RaceBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThames Water is "extremely stressed" and will take "at least a decade to turn around", its boss has said, as the struggling company posted...

US inflation jumped last month as President Donald Trump's tariffs took hold, pushing up prices for items from clothing to coffee. Consumer prices rose 2.7% in the year to...

Chris BaraniukTechnology ReporterChris BaraniukOctopus makes heat pumps at its factory in Northern IrelandOn the day I visit Octopus Energy's heat pump factory in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, temperatures in London...

Lucy HookerBusiness reporterGetty ImagesOwnership of the Post Office could be put into the hands of its postmasters, the government has suggested, as it launched a public consultation over the...

In this Americast episode, Anthony Zurcher, BBC's North America correspondent, discusses how Trump may start to feel pressure from his own supporters if prices continue to rise at home....

Jennifer MeierhansBusiness reporterGetty ImagesEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says it will use the time to negotiateThe EU's retaliatory tariffs on US exports have been delayed again, European...

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesChancellor Rachel Reeves has shelved any immediate changes to tax-free Individual Savings Accounts (Isas).But the Treasury is still keen to encourage more investment in...

President Donald Trump has announced that the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% tariff on imports to the US from 1 August.He warned he would impose even...

EPATwo very different reports have reignited UK economic gloom over the past four days. Friday's economic figures showed a further monthly dip in UK growth, or GDP, in May....

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