
Business News
- Kwik Fit founder Sir Tom Farmer dies aged 84The Edinburgh-born businessman built the firm into a £1bn business and also owned Hibernian FC.
- Tips from first-time buyers: 'We bought a £320,000 home aged 26'Young buyers are saving hard, moving cities, and using government schemes to get on the housing ladder.
- 'I freaked out and spent $400 online': US consumers on cheap shipping changesHow consumers are reacting to shipping changes that mean low-value packages entering the US no longer avoid tariffs.
- The US and China are finally talking. Why now?Economic pressures are forcing Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to seek an off-ramp in the trade war.
- UK prepared to pay to access EU defence programmesDefence secretary John Healey has told the BBC the UK will pay its "fair share" but wants a say in decisions.
- Trump proposes 80% China tariff ahead of trade talks The meeting is the strongest sign yet that the world's two biggest economies are ready to de-escalate their trade war.