French energy group Total, said it is reviewing the future of its directly-owned forecourts. Photograph Ian Waldie/Getty Images The Russians may be coming – to a petrol station near you, if the latest upheaval in the oil industry comes to pass. French energy group Total wants to sell off up to 500 UK forecourts and [...]

Cash in hand: more than £1 in every £8 of VAT due in the UK is evaded. Photograph: Guardian George Osborne is making political capital out of seeking to save £4bn on the benefits bill, happy for those making the claims he’s targeting to be called lifestyle choice fraudsters and layabouts – all, supposedly, because [...]

Nokia board chairman Jorma Ollila, right, introduces new chief executive Stephen Elop at a press conference in Helsinki. Photograph: Mauri Ratilainen/EPA Appearing on CNBC in July, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo was in combative mood. The Wall Street Journal had quoted anonymous sources suggesting he would be sacked from his position as chief executive of the Finnish handset [...]

Matt Biddulph and Matt Jones, who launched Dopplr in 2007. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Founded in Finland early in 2007, Dopplr was the great white, beautiful hope of the UK startup scene; a well-respected design and development team, and a service that imaginatively and stylishly captured the zeitgeist of business, travel and location [...]

Wired.co.uk’s poster campaign Condé Nast is to launch its first advertising campaign to promote Wired.co.uk in a tie-up with the French outdoor ad giant JCDecaux. The campaign uses editorial from Wired magazine, the monthly technology title launched by Condé Nast in April last year,...