Mortgage rates below 5% for first time since Truss budget

The average two-year mortgage rate has dipped below 5% for the first time since former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s mini-budget in September...

Falling birth rate in Jersey a ‘ticking bomb’

BBC Sam Mézec says Jersey will have problems “if we don’t have a large enough working population” Jersey’s falling birth rate is...

The UK car industry is at a crunch point

Theo Leggett International Business Correspondent BBC A gleaming white Vivaro van drove slowly off the production line at Vauxhall’s factory in Luton,...

AI start-up Perplexity makes surprise $34.5bn bid for Google Chrome

Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Perplexity has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover offer for Google’s Chrome internet browser. Moving Chrome to an...

Nuclear-powered AI could make Rolls Royce UK’s biggest firm, says...

Simon Jack Business editor Rolls-Royce Artist’s impression of a small nuclear power station Rolls-Royce’s plan to power artificial intelligence (AI) with its...

‘Cryptocrash king’ Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud

A South Korean former tech executive accused of a helping to spark a cryptocurrency crisis that cost investors more than $40bn (£31.8bn)...

Call for free bus travel to help under-22s into work

Emer Moreau & Charlotte Edwards Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Under-22s in England should be given free bus passes to help...

Australia bid to take on China dominance

Suranjana Tewari Asia Business Correspondent in Eneabba Bloomberg via Getty Images Rare earths are essential in the production of alloys for magnets...