How green is your lipstick: beauty brands and the fight against plastic waste

Makeup and personal care companies produce a huge amount of packaging – much of which cannot be recycled. But companies such as Lush and Garnier are trying to do better

Online retail fuelling rapid rise in sales of fake goods, says OECD

Counterfeits worth $590bn a year made up 3.3% of global trade in 2016, report finds

Buyer beware: Amsterdam seeks to ban buy-to-let on newbuild homes

London and others will be watching closely as Dutch city tries to tackle housing shortage

High times: 76 tall buildings to join London’s skyline in 2019

Number of towers of 20 or more storeys that are planned or under construction hits new record of 541

Italian investment firm to buy Morgan Motor Company

Investindustrial to take over one of last remaining British-owned carmakers in April

MWC 2019: folding wrist phones, 5G and quintuple cameras – 8 standout gadgets

Also unveiled in Barcelona: Microsoft’s Hololens 2 and phones with folding screens