Helen McCabe joins from BP where she worked alongside Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan ErginbilgicBusiness live – latest updatesRolls-Royce has appointed its first female finance chief as part of a boardroom shake-up by the chief executive, Tufan Erginbilgic, who…
Staff at outsourcing firm resort to radios, pen and paper as they are unable to access computers and emailComputer systems have abruptly stopped working at the outsourcing group Capita, triggering fears that the company that runs crucial operations for…
Stoppage by 1,400 members of Unite union mainly affects Terminal 5 and is due to last until Easter SundayBusiness live – latest updatesHeathrow airport said it was “operating as normal” as the first of 10 days of strikes by security staff got under way…
Tests show recycled concrete could safely be used in new buildings in war- and quake-stricken countryConcrete rubble from destroyed buildings in Syria can be safely recycled into new concrete, scientists have shown, which will make the rebuilding of th…
Finland has received the green light to join NATO after Turkey ratified the Nordic country’s membership.
April dates come as GMB union prepares to test support for stoppages at five other sitesWorkers at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse have announced six fresh strike dates, as the GMB union prepares to test support for stoppages among staff at another five of…
Chinese and French energy companies this week finalised the first-ever deal on liquified natural gas (LNG) in China settled in the renminbi yuan currency. The trade, involving 65,000 tons of LNG imported from the United Arab Emirates, marks a major st…
ScottishPower, British Gas and E.ON alleged government’s decision-making process was ‘flawed’The biggest UK state bailout since 2008 will move ahead after justices threw out a high court challenge to the government’s sale of the collapsed energy firm B…
Several members of the crew on a Liberia-flagged tanker that that was boarded by pirates earlier this month in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, are being held hostages.
Comments threaten to worsen already tense relationship between senior ministers and civil servantsPolitics live – latest updatesKemi Badenoch has cast doubt on her department’s projections for how much the Asia-Pacific trade deal the UK government has …