Grain prices rise after Russian pullout of Black Sea deal sparks food crisis fears Moscow criticised as concern grows about impact of climbing agricultural commodity prices on poorer countries
Giant windfarm off Norfolk coast halted due to spiralling costs Swedish energy giant Vattenfall says costs have climbed 40% due to rise in global gas prices
Europe heatwave fails to deter holidaymakers as easyJet demand booms No-frills carrier reports record quarterly £200m profit as rebound in travel industry gathers pace
US economist pulls out of key EU tech regulation role after Macron criticism Fiona Scott Morton tells Margrethe Vestager she will not be taking up job due to ‘political controversy’
UK relaxes visa rules for foreign builders amid Brexit shortages Bricklayers and other construction jobs added to list alongside care workers and engineers
Olive oil industry in crisis as Europe’s heatwave threatens another harvest World’s biggest olive producer, Spain, on course for second bad harvest in a row, raising fears of gaps on shelves and even higher prices
Brexit import controls: is the UK ready and will they push up prices? Firms in Kent uncertain as government’s strategy for checks from this autumn remains unclear
Nokia and Ericsson shares fall as cost of living crisis hits telecoms sales Finnish company lowers profit expectations, while Swedish firm expects flat or ‘slightly up’ margins
London losing out to Paris and Milan over tourist shopping, says Burberry British brand’s sales jump by 18% year on year on back of post-Covid bounceback in China
Starmer’s Labour are not the Tories. But they are timid The opposition must accept there will be huge challenges if they win the election. But they do not have to accept Brexit
Ford Fiesta: production ends of UK’s all-time bestselling car Final vehicle built at factory in Cologne as carmaker moves over to electric vehicles
Air traffic control strikes could disrupt flights in Europe this summer Union at Eurocontrol network manager operations centre in Brussels warns of industrial action
Unilever named ‘international sponsor of war’ by Ukraine Protest at London HQ highlights taxes company pays in Russia and new law requiring it to contribute to war effort
Eurozone inflation falls to 5.5% in sharp contrast to UK Economists put reason for divergence down to Brexit and Britain’s energy price guarantee
Heathrow appoints Copenhagen airport boss as new CEO Thomas Woldbye will take over from John Holland-Kaye in October, tasked with repairing relations with airlines