Business

Fears intensified on Monday morning over thousands of high street job losses at Wilko, the stricken value retailer, when a rescue deal involving the...

BMW is to build its next-generation electric Mini in Oxford after securing millions of pounds in taxpayer support from the government. The German-headquartered car...

A British-based sleep technology business is being put up for sale by its London-listed owner in a deal that could fetch tens of millions...

Insolvency firms face being formally regulated for the first time under reforms to be announced next week that will nevertheless fall short of a...

The owner of Cafe Rouge is in talks to buy Chiquito’s and Frankie and Benny’s, two of Britain’s best-known restaurant chains. Sky News has...

The supermarket chain Wm Morrison is in talks about a £2bn deal to offload one of Britain’s biggest petrol forecourts empires. Sky News has learnt...

The CBI, once Britain’s most influential business organisation, is facing an urgent cash crunch as it races to cut costs and seal a potential...

The government’s green energy plans have been dealt a blow after firms snubbed an auction for contracts to run new offshore wind sites, sparking...

With his heritage and large extended family in the country, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will receive a warmer welcome than most of the other...

About 80% of mortgage holders and renters are now worried about rising housing costs, according to a poll. Which? said the figure was the...

MPs have accused ministers of “flying blind” and “shrugging their shoulders” at the scale of fraud – which has quadrupled since the start of the...

The triple lock for state pensions has led to an extra £11bn being spent on the benefit per year, new research has shown. A...

The CBI, the embattled employers’ lobbying group, is in talks with Make UK, the manufacturers’ body, about areas of potential collaboration in what some...

Energy industry leaders have warned the UK could fall behind a key target for new offshore wind power ahead of the results of a...

The competition watchdog is to launch a review into the UK’s £2bn veterinary industry following concerns that pet owners are not getting value for...

The UK will rejoin the European Union’s flagship Horizon science programme after two years of absence post-Brexit, the government has confirmed. Number 10 said...

A top Aldi executive has told Sky News that a surge in demand for its offering during the cost of living crisis to date...

The governor of the Bank of England has told MPs that interest rates may not rise much further amid expectations that inflation is set...

Rick Haythornthwaite, the City grandee who has chaired companies including Centrica and Network Rail, is being lined up as the new chairman of NatWest...