The world’s biggest food company has called on European policymakers to reconsider their opposition to genetically modified crops, as soaring commodity prices put basic foodstuffs such as wheat and rice out of reach of the world’s poorest.

Secret government data on contentious plans to build a second runway at Stansted airport must be made public, the privacy watchdog has ordered, in a ruling that further extends ministers' duties to reveal confidential internal advice.

British companies must end "pockets of resistance" to the growing crackdown on price-fixing, the competition watchdog has warned as it pledged to bring more prosecutions following this month's landmark jailing of three executives.

More people need to adopt the work ethic and aim high in life, Gordon Brown will say today in a keynote speech on social mobility.

Oil prices reaching nearly $140 a barrel are transforming the economics of the global plastics industry as producers start to pour billions of dollars into plant-based alternatives.

Campaigners will be demonstrating outside Primark's flagship London branch this morning, accusing the cut-price fashion chain of behaving irresponsibly in response to allegations of child labour in its overseas manufacturing operations.

Four city firms won titles in the Business in the Community East of England awards, which recognise companies of all sizes who have worked hard to improve society by helping charities and other good causes.

Today Business Action on Health launched the first in a series of unique practical tools and step by step guides, to provide UK employers with practical advice on how to integrate health and wellbeing into their organisation.

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