The founder of the Kwik Fit garage chain, Sir Tom Farmer, has died at the age of 84. The Edinburgh-born businessman died peacefully at his home in the city on Friday, his family said. He built the company into the world’s biggest independent tyre and automotive chain, selling it to Ford for £1bn in 1999....
Tom Espiner & Emma Smith BBC business reporters Getty Images Cosmetics company Lush and car repair chain Kwik Fit are among firms which have warned they will raise prices due an increase in employers’ National Insurance (NI). Other firms have told the BBC they will reduce how much profit they make, freeze hiring or in...