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Rachel ClunBusiness reporter Getty Images A company linked to peer Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman has been ordered to pay £122m in damages after a judge ruled it breached a government contract for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the Covid pandemic. The Department of Health and Social Care sued PPE…
High street baker Greggs is set to raise prices on its breakfast meal deals and biscuits in response to growing cost pressures, the company’s chief executive has said. Roisin Currie said the price increases would kick in from Thursday. She said the action was being taken in response to increased staffing costs, including the impact…
The boss of Pinterest has told the BBC the death of Molly Russell is a daily reminder of the urgent need to make social media safer for young people. The app – which functions like a digital notice board – hit the headlines when the 14-year-old, from Harrow, in northwest London, took her own life…
Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Getty Images A rise in gas and electricity prices has prompted energy suppliers to call for “enduring” targeted support for those in financial difficulty. Energy costs are up 2% from Wednesday for millions of people in England, Wales and Scotland as regulator Ofgem’s latest price cap come into effect. Campaigners…
The Trump administration has announced a deal allowing patients to buy prescription drugs at discounted prices via a new website operated by the federal government. The agreement with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will see prices for some medicines slashed by up to 85% on the direct-to-consumer TrumpRx site, the White House said in a press conference…
Charlie Javice, the entrepreneur convicted this year for defrauding JPMorgan Chase when the bank bought her student loan start-up, was sentenced on Monday to more than seven years in prison. In March, a jury found Ms Javice guilty of bank, wire and securities fraud, as well as conspiracy to commit fraud, for giving JPMorgan fake…
Getty Images Spotify founder Daniel Ek is planning to officially step down from the role of chief executive after two decades at the helm of the music streaming giant. The company said the 42-year-old would be replaced by his two deputies at the end of the year, while he remains on as executive chairman, setting…
With colder weather on the way, millions of households in Wales face another spike in energy costs. From 1 October, 2025, the price for energy for a typical household will go up by 2% to £1,755 per year. Bills are significantly lower than they were at the peak of the energy crisis, but another winter…
Image-hosting platform Imgur has blocked people in the UK from accessing its content. Imgur is used by millions to make and share images such as memes across the web, particularly on Reddit and in online forums. But UK users trying to access Imgur on Tuesday were met with an error message saying “content not available…
It could take months before the benefits of Jaguar Land Rover resuming production filters down to the supply chain, a chamber of commerce said. JLR has said it would resume some production in the “coming days” after a cyber-attack forced the carmaker to suspend operations. At the weekend it emerged the government will underwrite a…
