Sales of new cars fell for the sixth month in a row during September. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images. Automotive industry. UK car sales slide for a sixth month amid falling consumer confidence.

Netflix said Thursday that it's raising the prices of its US-based streaming plans - a move that could disappoint some fans even as it helps support the costly original programming that's made the service so popular in recent years.

Royal Mail workers are to stage a 48-hour strike in a “watershed” dispute over pensions, pay and jobs, prompting the threat of legal action by the postal group.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index hit its highest point since the global financial crisis on Friday, bolstered by a continued rally in Chinese corporates.

The Engineering Cleaner Air report calls for a construction logistics plan to be included with planning submissions, which would focus on making good air quality practices a key part of health and safety assessments.