Britain loves chocolate. We're estimated to consume 8.2kg each every year, a good chunk of it at Christmas, but the cost of that everyday luxury habit has been rising fast. Whitakers have been making chocolate in Skipton in north Yorkshire for 135 years, ... See more
The British economy has been slowing since the summer but the long wait for a late-November budget applied an extra touch to the brakes, according to the latest growth figures from the Office for National Statistics. A monthly contraction in GDP of 0.1% i... See more
Whatever your political bent or economic creed, it is hard to argue that the build up to last month's budget was anything but hapless. The prolonged wait for the fiscal event was punctuated by trails and leaks and capped by an unusual scene-setting speech... See more
Netflix’s $72bn takeover of Warner Brothers is a blockbuster in every sense. It is less than 30 years since Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph began their mail order DVD rental business, barely 20 since Netflix began streaming content online, and just over a... See more
Hitchin in Hertfordshire does well in the polls. On the edge of the Chilterns and 30 minutes from central London by train, it's Britain's most expensive market town for first-time buyers. It's also been voted one of the top 10 best, and top 20 happiest, p... See more
