Business

Limits should be placed on the amount of alcohol served at work events, the professional body for management has said after polling it conducted...

One of Britain’s biggest companies has warned that the UK risks squandering its lead in one of the most important green technologies because of...

The chief executive of Royal Mail is in advanced talks to leave the company just weeks after his credibility was questioned by MPs investigating...

The first cannabis company to stage an IPO on the London Stock Exchange will this week install a City veteran as its chairman and...

The billionaire petrochemicals tycoon Sir Jim Ratcliffe is proposing a full buyout of Manchester United Football Club after three years if he succeeds with...

The crisis-hit CBI has drafted in a business ethics consultancy to aid a review of its culture four weeks before a meeting of its...

The main lobby group for US banks has appealed for regulators’ help to close the door on the crisis of confidence ripping through shares...

The parent company of British Airways has raised its forecast for annual operating profits due to stronger bookings, saying it expects capacity to be...

Apple has beat Wall Street expectations and market trends in reporting increased iPhone sales in its second quarter results. Both revenues and profits were...

First time buyers are paying an average of nearly £200 extra a month compared to a year ago, according to research from a UK...

Another US regional lender has revealed talks to shore up its finances and a further has had its share price was clobbered amid the...

Members of the biggest rail workers union have voted to renew their mandate to strike during the next six months in the long-running dispute...

Shell has revealed it is handing a further $6bn (£4.7bn) to shareholders after its latest quarterly profits beat its own forecasts. The oil and...

Heathrow travellers are being warned they could face disruption as security officers begin a new series of strikes today. Staff who are members of...

The Federal Reserve – the US central bank, known as the Fed – has increased interest rates for the tenth time in a row...

Shakespeare and the Spice Girls were used by environmental protestors to repeatedly disrupt the Barclays annual general meeting (AGM) in central London on Wednesday...

The UK financial watchdog will announce plans to change the rules on bringing companies into public ownership after a series of high profile businesses...

Prezzo, the high street restaurant chain, is bracing for a court showdown with landlords over the closure of a third of its sites. Sky...

BP made profits of $5bn (£4bn) in the first quarter of the year, as the rewards for shareholders are being stepped up. Underlying replacement...