Business

David James backs affordable football kit charities
The former England goalie does not want costly kit to be a bar to anyone hoping to play football.

Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX soars in stock market debut
Musk is now worth $1.11tn according to the Bloomberg rich list, while SpaceX listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange with a value of $2.2tn.

Teen plans to leave uni ‘debt free’ after making £35,000 selling vintage football shirts
Eleri Williams started out selling her dad’s old football shirts and has just opened her own shop.

UK vows to phase out Russian diesel and jet fuel imports by new year
The ban forms part of the government’s package of sanctions on Moscow due to the ongoing war with Ukraine.

Have you been mis-sold car finance?
Martin Lewis has advice for those who have or who are planning to put in a car finance mis-selling claim.

UK signals it may block payout to British Steel owner
Chinese firm Jingye is seeking compensation after the government decided to nationalise the company.

UK economy contracts as Iran war impact felt
The economy shrank slightly in April as the Iran war began to have an impact on businesses, official data shows.

‘I was employee number one at SpaceX’
The BBC’s Michelle Fleury spoke to Tom Mueller, who was one of the company’s founders alongside Elon Musk in 2002.