Bloomberg UK retail sales fell unexpectedly last month, finishing the worst year on record as a brutal cost-of-living squeeze pointed towards more pain ahead for the economy. A 6.1% drop in the volume of goods purchased in shops and online reported by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) was the sharpest since records started in 1989. A separate report ...

  Bloomberg London’s Heathrow airport was forced to cancel some departures on Monday amid thick fog and freezing temperatures. There may be “minor changes” to schedule as a result of poor visibility at the airport as well as across the southeast of England, a Heathrow spokesperson said. Airlines are working to rebook passengers on alternative services later in the day, ...

  Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc said it will hire an additional 200 cabin crew in Ireland as it gears up for a surge in demand this summer. The Irish low-cost carrier, which has been touting extremely strong demand for travel this summer, said that it will organize a mass recruitment event this month at its headquarters near Dublin. Ryanair has ...