Investors in tech start-ups do not trust female founders, reveals new research by Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). The study, conducted by Sonja Sperber from Vienna University of Economics and Business her co-author Christian Linder, analysed the overrepresentation of

Leo Varadkar, the taoiseach in Ireland, has said mistakes were made on all sides in the handling of Brexit, vowing to be “flexible and reasonable” when attempting to solve issues with the Northern Ireland protocol. He said the post-Brexit protocol is

The UK’s leading companies are less inclined to borrow now than at any point since the financial crisis of 2008, a survey of directors has found. Demand for credit is flagging among chief financial officers, with barely a quarter of those

The government is effectively asking public sector workers to do their “civic duty” and accept real-terms pay cuts – a difficult pill to swallow when private sector workers are driving pay increases in the economy. Wages are climbing at close to

It was once the staple of any family utility room, ready to be deployed on a Sunday evening before the weekly return to school or the office. But Kiwi shoe polish, once a household name, is soon to be a thing

Rishi Sunak will be forced by the House of Lords to abandon plans for a bonfire of European Union laws by the end of the year. The government has committed itself to removing about 4,000 pieces of EU-derived laws from the

A generation of passengers will be put off travelling by train for good because of industrial action, ministers fear, as Britain enters the worst week of rail disruption for 30 years. Millions of people have been advised to avoid using the