Category: Business

The UK will harvest less than half of its normal quantity of cucumbers and sweet peppers this year after many glasshouse growers opted not to plant them in the face … Read More

Manoj Gupta has spent the past two years bouncing along the dusty roads of rural India, looking at solar panels. The veteran of 107-year-old Tata Power, one of India’s oldest … Read More

Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s secretive project to build huge electric airships is scaling up rapidly, as Lighter Than Air (LTA) Research prepares its first major test flights later this year. … Read More

When Julie first turned to buy now, pay later schemes in January, it seemed an obvious choice to handle bills. “Kids grow fast,” she says. “Splitting a payment into three … Read More

British telecoms group Truphone, owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and his associates, is being bought for £1 by two European tech entrepreneurs. Truphone appointed restructuring specialist FRP Advisory to … Read More

Dave Clark, one of Amazon’s longest-serving executives and architect of its sprawling logistics network, is resigning after 23 years at the company. Clark will step down as chief executive of … Read More

UK power supplier Octopus Energy has joined forces with housebuilder Ilke Homes to develop a renewable scheme that aims to guarantee home buyers no energy bills. The joint project between … Read More

Tesla shares were down more than 8 per cent on Friday after chief executive Elon Musk was reported to have said the electric vehicle maker would cut 10 per cent … Read More

Lawyers filed a multimillion pound claim on Friday against administrators of the collapsed fund of Neil Woodford, the fallen star of British stock picking, in an attempt to recoup heavy … Read More

The UK is preparing to unveil a set of technology-focused policies this month covering artificial intelligence, quantum computing and digital health, as the government tries to bolster London’s start-up scene … Read More