Designer’s tie-up is latest stage of plan to put fully recyclable plastic bags into every supermarket
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/17/anya-hindmarch-teams-up-with-co-op-and-asda-in-reusable-bag-campaign

We haven’t touched the taste, only the packaging, promises owner Coca-Cola
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/14/lilt-vanish-uk-rebranded-totally-tropical-fanta-taste

Index rises to 7934.30, pushing it above previous record set on 3 February
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/08/ftse-100-hits-all-time-high

Since Covid pandemic, ‘whole world of work has gone crazy,’ says Tony Danker
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/27/most-bosses-secretly-want-all-staff-back-in-offices-says-head-of-cbi

New research estimates that staff spend an average of one day a week dealing with problems. But as our readers tell us, some companies find ..
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jan/30/poor-customer-service-costs-uk-firms-billions-so-why-cant-they-get-it-right

Boasting DJs and ice-cream, groups from Shelter to Barnardo’s have clubbed together to create a preloved department store
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/27/resale-therapy-10-charities-combine-for-pop-up-london-department-store

John Lewis says sewing shows and eco-awareness have pushed up haberdashery sales of thread, patches and even thimbles
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/21/trend-to-mend-cost-of-living-crisis-puts-darning-back-in-vogue

Sales for Christmas and new year period are up on last year but down on pre-Covid trading
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/23/fullers-pub-chain-profit-warning-rail-strikes-sales

Work-life balance is a critical benefit, and offering it can be a powerful recruiting tool and unexpected cost saver
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/22/unlimited-holiday-time-vacation-pto-small-businesses

Huge rise in cost of own-label ranges outstripped 12.6% increase in supermarkets’ luxury brands
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/18/cost-of-supermarket-budget-brands-rose-203-in-december-survey-finds

Worker shortages and need to adapt to tech changes given as reasons in survey as Davos meeting begins
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/16/almost-two-in-five-ceos-fear-their-global-firms-will-be-unviable-within-10-years

Retail chain to launch ‘full-line’ stores in Liverpool, Manchester, Croydon, Leeds and other locations
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/16/marks-spencer-to-open-stores-3400-jobs

The regional mayor has taken levelling up into his own hands with the ‘nuclear option’ of a hi-tech manufacturing hub named for the city’s r..
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/07/atom-valley-andy-burnhams-vision-for-regenerating-great-manchester

Supermarket on track for profits at top end of forecasts after shoppers go ‘all out for big Christmas dinner’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/11/sainsburys-sales-rise-as-people-turn-to-its-argos-chain-amid-strikes

Supermarket’s switch from glass to aluminium cans expected to halve carbon footprint per drink
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/10/supermarket-ditches-mini-wine-bottle-to-opt-for-vin-in-a-tin

Housebuilder also cuts land purchases, with it forced to scrap proposals for 3,293 plots
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/11/barratt-hiring-freeze-uk-housing-market-slows-down

Times are tough for businesses old and new, but the pace of change in many sectors this year will be relentless
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/31/from-super-scooters-to-smarter-meters-six-firms-to-watch-in-2023

Workers and consumers are paying for the cost of living crisis, through product price rises and stagnant wages – shareholders, it seems, are..
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/02/bumper-profits-at-kitkat-maker-nestle-they-should-give-consumers-a-break

Delays and cancellations linked to 20 years of privatisation, rising costs and labour shortages worsened by pandemic, say experts
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/26/great-britain-rail-system-dubbed-broken-as-years-data-reveals-extent-of-disruption

Boxing Day sales could prove fruitful, with many of the most popular pieces on offer
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/25/birkenstocks-one-of-most-purchased-fashion-items-of-2022

UK firm links with up global drug firms to make synthetic antibodies capable of binding to targets such as tumour cells
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/25/aptamer-york-biotech-cancer-treatments

Lender says market rebalancing after years of growth, as mortgage rates and cost of living push prices down
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/dec/16/uk-house-prices-fall-next-year-halifax-forecast

Icy weather and rail strikes dampen footfall as shoppers struggle with cost of living crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/19/uk-retailers-christmas-icy-weather-strikes-cost-of-living-crisis

Five years on from £1.76m crowdfunding, some feel misled after plans for destination venue unravelled along with the firm itself
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/17/wild-beer-co-collapse-crowdfunding-backers

Fears in retail and hospitality sectors that severe drop in footfall could push some firms over the edge
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/14/uk-shoppers-and-workers-kept-home-by-rail-strikes-and-cold-snap-data-shows

Research from body representing industry in UK underlines that housing market is slowing
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/14/uk-november-property-sales-below-asking-price

Moscow provides Germany with power, and the Chinese buy the company’s cars in their thousands, but now war and global tensions are darkening..
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/10/star-crossed-mercedes-faces-dilemma-over-dependence-on-russia-and-china

Managers say anxiety is causing distraction, affecting productivity and increasing absenteeism
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/11/stress-over-cost-of-living-crisis-harming-workers-performance-survey-finds

Strikes mean the company cannot guarantee deliveries before 25 December, forcing businesses to meet deadline of this Friday
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/11/traders-lose-christmas-sales-royal-mail-moves-dates

I Camisa has been battered by the pandemic and rising costs and is threatened with doom after almost a century of trading
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/11/stars-come-out-to-back-famous-italian-deli-facing-closure-in-londons-soho

Proceeds to be used to ‘finance further investment’ as concerns grow over mounting debt burden since last year’s takeover
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/09/morrisons-owner-sale-leaseback-warehouses-supermarkets-retail

It gave its customers low prices by making them wait. So why did the dream of affordable luxury end with a mountain of boxes in a Port Talbo
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/04/what-broke-made-com-furniture-collapse

Legislation brought forward but unions say government could go further to make it ‘the norm’
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/dec/05/uk-staff-to-have-right-to-ask-for-flexible-working-from-day-one-in-job

Partnership firm predicted it will overspend on power by £18m without action such as supermarket chain going to ‘half lighting’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/02/john-lewis-and-waitrose-to-dim-lights-and-cut-temperatures-to-save-energy

Exclusive: Carmaker, which has been hit by computer chip shortage, to scale down shifts at Solihull and Halewood
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/25/carmaker-jlr-reducing-its-production-at-uk-factories-until-spring

Britain has a labour shortage and parents who want to work: but the cost of childcare they need to do so often exceeds their pay
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/26/baby-boom-why-funding-childcare-properly-will-boost-the-uk-economy

Sale of chain that operates sites across UK and Ireland means closure of 18 outlets but 25 will remain open
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/18/amt-coffee-sold-out-of-administration-to-ssp-with-loss-of-100-jobs

Airline chief Shai Weiss attacks airport’s proposal to increase landing charges by 120%
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/21/virgin-atlantic-heathrow-third-runway-shai-weiss-landing-charges

Rich kids of Insta use strong dollar to fuel sales of brands such as Burberry, Louis Vuitton and Gucci
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/20/luxury-goods-boom-in-britain-as-the-young-rich-and-mortgage-free-buck-the-recession

Company behind premium champagne brands says there is ‘pent-up demand for luxury’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/15/wealthy-drinking-dry-lvmh-champagne-luxury

Tackling inflation and restoring credibility are top of the chancellor’s to-do list in the autumn statement. Business pleas may go unheeded
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/13/an-industry-friendly-budget-dont-get-your-hopes-up

People have predicted robots will destroy the labour market, but Amazon believes investment in robotics could create jobs
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/11/amazon-robots-jobs

Hard-hit producers who have lost tens of thousands of pounds after culling stock now fear they may not be able to continue
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/12/turkey-farmers-face-bleak-midwinter-as-bird-flu-ravages-flocks

In part three of our series on the UK’s battery ambitions, we look at its attempts to encourage ‘gigafactories’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/04/uk-government-car-battery-industry-gigafactories

Octopus to pay government to take on 1.5m customers and 650 staff of taxpayer-supported rival
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/29/octopus-energy-announces-takeover-of-failed-supplier-bulb-after-firm-collapses

If this week’s results show a profit like last quarter’s, the company may at last be on the road to respectability
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/30/uber-hopes-to-hail-new-era-of-stability-after-a-wild-10-year-ride

With budgets always tight some smaller football clubs are looking to offset their soaring power costs
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/21/energy-bills-football-clubs-lights-kick-off-time

Third-quarter profits will be subdued, but many lenders will accept a tax raid to boost the public finances (and their own image)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/23/banks-may-see-higher-tax-as-a-price-worth-paying-for-economic-stability

The head of the cosmetics chain is facing falling sales and takeover rumours, but is still convinced high street shopping has a future
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/22/david-boynton-of-the-body-shop-they-say-retail-is-dead-but-were-social-creatures

The chief executive pulled out all the stops for customers with their mortgages during the mini-budget turmoil. Now he wants to double their..
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/15/chris-pitt-of-first-direct-were-the-best-unfound-bank-in-britain