Government plans to enable more adults in England to do training courses throughout their lifetimes will have an important role in tackling the national skills shortage and boosting productivity, according to the minister for higher and further education. Michelle Donelan said the policy to introduce a “life-long loan entitlement” would address the UK’s low productivity
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British Airways is to cut flights until the end of June — a month longer than expected — to help it through the wave of disruption hitting the travel industry. Airlines have been forced to cancel flights over the past month as they have struggled to rehire sufficient staff to cope with increased demand as
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They say money can’t buy you love, but disagreements with a partner about how to manage your joint finances can give couples plenty to argue about. On this week’s Money Clinic podcast, presenter Claer Barrett meets newly-weds Sahil and Priya, who have very different financial priorities. Although the couple have been together for several years,
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AP Moller-Maersk warned that container trade could decline this year due to the ongoing supply chain crisis even as the shipping group upgraded its annual profit forecasts by a quarter. The Danish company, the world’s largest container line by profits but second-biggest by capacity, boosted its full-year guidance after its first-quarter results came in above
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Australia’s biggest liquefied natural gas producer said Asian demand for supplies from “democratic” nations had risen following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and called on Canberra to speed up approvals of domestic projects. Meg O’Neill, the chief executive of Woodside Petroleum, said the LNG market had “changed tremendously” since Russia invaded Ukraine and the west imposed sanctions on Moscow, forcing countries
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Primark owner Associated British Foods has said it will raise prices to offset the impact of rising inflation, which it warned is set to drag down profits this year and next. The FTSE 100 company said higher costs for commodities, transport and energy were being felt across its businesses, which include food groups Allied Bakeries,
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