Jennifer McKiernan,Political reporterandHenry Zeffman,Chief Political Correspondent"I don't think we should be raising it any more", Badenoch tells BBC that min wage shouldn't go upConservative leader Kemi Badenoch has questioned whether businesses can afford the current…
Victoria’s Secret & Co. reported better-than-expected sales and lifted its outlook for the year, a sign that its turnaround strategy is working, while offering more evidence of consumer resilience in the US.Comparable sales rose 8…
Rachel ClunBusiness reporterGetty ImagesUK government borrowing was higher than expected last month, according to the latest official figures.Borrowing - the difference between public spending and tax income - was £17.4bn in October, the Office for…
Listen to and follow the ‘BoF Podcast’: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | OvercastBackground:Amber Valletta grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, spending time on her grandparents’ farm. Her childhood was defined by open fields, a freshwater creek…
Aritzia flagships are always about bringing some scale to a premiere location, but with the Canadian brand’s newest site, opening in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, the format gets elevated. With its tall windows, original fluted cast-iron…
Today's disappointing growth figures reflect that the UK has returned to the slower lanes of growth, having outperformed earlier in the year.The 0.1% growth seen in the July-to-September quarter was below forecasts, and the economy…
The number of homeless people in England is higher than official government data suggests, according to new research from the charity Crisis.They say that around 189,000 families and individuals who faced the worst forms of…
If a company acquires any form of HBO, one of its top challenges is expected to be streamlining operations while maintaining HBO’s premium brand. This could be especially difficult under a “more mainstream umbrella like…
Earlier this month, the Trump administration made nine elite universities an offer they couldn’t refuse: bring in more conservatives while shutting down “institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas,”…