Elizabeth Hotson

Job interviews can now take place in VR worlds with a computer asking the questions.

Festivals, DJs and musicians are all using new tech to entertain fans and make money during Covid.

From renting your tree, to sponsoring a turkey, a growing number of people are having a greener Christmas.

How Lizzy Rudd runs family business Berry Bros and Rudd, the UK’s oldest wine merchant.

From zombie experiences to haunted houses and high-concept horror films, the fright business is getting more profitable.

How Lapland firms have adapted to the permanent light of Arctic summers.

The BBC’s Elizabeth Hotson attends a charisma master class as she explores whether you can teach someone to become more charismatic.

A look at the growing classic car market and the popularity of collecting previously unheralded makes.

For many businesses Christmas is their busiest time of the year, the BBC’s Elizabeth Hotson takes a look at how some are preparing.

A near-fatal cycling accident set aspiring Olympic athlete Charlotte Roach on a road to recovery that led her to set up a business that aims to put the fun back into fitness.

Dubai likes to describe itself as the city of gold and many, including Nigerians, come here to melt down their old jewellery and swap it for something new.

The latest Star Wars film is expected to induce a fan-driven toy-buying frenzy - but will the industry’s predictions of Christmas best sellers come true?

How some companies are turning stomachs in order to turn heads, by using shock promotion.

It takes Gavin Munro six years to grow a full crop of willow furniture on his Derbyshire furniture farm.

People want to visit the sites of death, gore and all things ghoulish - and Edinburgh is making the most of it.

A traditional British umbrella maker is seeing rising export sales of handmade brollies because, says its owner, “it’s always raining somewhere”.