GSK banks on stronger offer for its consumer healthcare business
With typical bravado, GlaxoSmithKline has, we learned on Saturday, dismissed three takeover bids from Unilever for its consumer healthcare venture with Pfizer, including one worth...
Analysts say GSK is right to rebuff £50bn offer for consumer healthcare venture
Unilever’s rebuffed £50bn takeover offer for GSK’s consumer healthcare venture, which owns the Panadol and Nicorette brands, represents only a modest premium to its current...
UK households facing ‘fuel stress’ will treble to 6.3m – thinktank
The number of households suffering from “fuel stress” – those spending at least 10% of their family budgets on energy bills – is set to...
World’s 10 richest men see their wealth double during Covid pandemic
The 10 richest men in the world have seen their global wealth double to $1.5tn (£1.01tn) since the start of the global pandemic following a...
‘Praying it won’t happen’: how Omicron could cut off Australia’s rural towns from essential services
Essential services in rural towns are under pressure due to Covid-19 and could leave locals unable to access pharmaceutical and banking services. Katie Stott, together...
Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover obituary
John Sainsbury, Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, who has died aged 94, was the driving force behind the family supermarket chain for 23 years as...
Chefs’ isolation in kitchens can trigger violence and abuse, study finds
The physical isolation of chefs working in Michelin-starred kitchens can lead to violent misbehaviour and a feeling that “the rules don’t apply”, a study based...
Canon’s UK arm to become latest company to trial four-day week
A British arm of the camera company Canon will this year become one of the latest businesses to trial a four-day working week with no...
The Davos razzmatazz is gone, but the issues are more urgent than ever | Larry Elliott
It is January 2020. Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg are the star turns at the annual festival of globalisation organised by the World Economic Forum...
Last-minute deal needed to keep UK-issued Visa credit cards working on Amazon
Millions of people’s credit cards will stop working on Amazon’s UK website from this week – unless there is an 11th-hour resolution to a bitter...