There is no doubt our climate is changing and while weather shouldn’t be confused with climate the fires in Australia have focused a lot of minds.

US stocks have set more records as investors grow more certain Republicans will pass their tax plan this week.

I have written in the past about the difficulties faced by small wine importers given our draconian wine taxes. We are around 650% higher than the EU average and more expensive for wine than countries such as Sweden and Finland.

The founder of British crisp company Tyrrells could be in line for a multi-million pound windfall after the potato farmer was approached about the sale of a stake in the business, it was reported today.