Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News, Toronto Getty Images Deal or no deal, what Wes Love wants is certainty. His Toronto-area business, Taurus Craco, imports machinery from overseas and distributes it across North America, mainly to the United States. But President Donald Trump’s shifting tariffs on Canadian products have left him, like many independent business owners,...
Lily Jamali North America technology correspondent Getty Images When Elon Musk recently announced that he was stepping back from politics, investors hoped that would mean he would step up his involvement in the many tech firms he runs. His explosive row with President Donald Trump – and the very public airing of his dirty White...
Matt Austin The Farmers Arms in Devon won gold in the Pub of the Year category Three businesses in Devon and Cornwall have won gold at the Visit England Awards for Excellence 2025. In Cornwall, Polmanter Touring Park won gold in the Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year category, while Treworgey Cottage won...
Businesses in Torbay are being offered an app to help tackle retail crime. The UK Partners Against Crime (UKPAC) app and website allows firms to report shoplifting, anti-social behaviour and violence, which is shared with police so they are able to target problem areas and track repeat offenders. A free year-long pilot is being funded...
Businesses in Exeter are being urged to be on guard against a scam after an off-licence was conned out of money. The off-licence was telephoned by an individual claiming to be from Exeter City Council. Unfortunately the individual making the call was a scammer. The business was told that their premises licence for selling alcohol...
Laura Bicker China correspondent The BBC’s Laura Bicker: ”A number of businesses in limbo” in China, after US tariffs on imports “Trump is a crazy man,” says Lionel Xu, who is surrounded by his company’s mosquito repellent kits – many were once best sellers in Walmart stores in the United States. Now those products are...
Companies have been sharing their concerns about the impact of US tariffs at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, the world’s longest running import-export fair. “We’ve been hearing from several Chinese companies who’ve told us that their products are stuck in ports here, waiting to go to the United States. The tariffs are simply too high...
Michael Buchanan Senior Social Affairs Correspondent Contributor handout It took six months for Lucy Earle to be assigned an Access to Work caseworker Businesses employing disabled people say they are owed hundreds of thousands of pounds by the government, and fear they may have to let staff go. Under the Access to Work scheme, companies...
Natalie Sherman Business reporter, New York Watch: Trump says tariffs will be ‘legendary’ ahead of 104% tax on China US President Donald Trump is ripping up the rulebook on trade that has been in place for more than 50 years. His latest round of sweeping tariffs, which came into force shortly after midnight on Wednesday,...
Archie Farmer BBC News, South West BBC Volunteer-led group Friends of Bude Sea Pool relies on people joining as members to help keep it running Businesses in Devon and Cornwall have praised the recent good weather for giving them a boost ahead of the Easter holidays and the 2025 tourism season. The season is worth...
The prime minister has said he is prepared to use industrial policy to “shelter British business from the storm”, following Donald Trump’s wave of new tariffs. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Sir Keir Starmer said he will continue to seek an economic deal with the US to avoid some tariffs, but mooted state intervention to...
Tamsin Melville BBC News, Cornwall George Thorpe BBC News, South West BBC Natalie Moore said the cost of living crisis was still having a big impact on hospitality Some business owners in Devon and Cornwall are worried a hike in National Insurance (NI) payments paid by employers could be “a hammer blow”. NI contributions paid...
Chloe Aslett BBC News, Yorkshire James Balston Ms Clark lived in the converted toilets for a while, but has had tenants since she moved to Scotland. Of all the bizarre items up for sale on Facebook marketplace, a “townhouse” with a price of £70,000 stands out as a particularly unusual listing – not least because...