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McDonald’s has signed a legal agreement with the equality watchdog amid concerns over how it has handled sexual harassment complaints made by UK staff....

BP has revealed it is to miss a key climate goal while announcing record annual profits. The London-based firm said its main measure, underlying...

Consumer spending remained broadly below inflation last month but people forked out for holidays and entertainment as pent-up demand was released. Closely watched data...

A decision on whether to introduce a so-called ‘Britcoin’ digital pound is to be made by 2025, the Treasury has announced, as a consultation...

The bosses of Britain’s biggest housebuilders will hold talks with the chancellor this week as they face a multibillion pound bill in the form...

Administrators have selected a rival battery start-up based in Australia as preferred bidder for collapsed Britishvolt. EY confirmed on Monday morning that its team...

The German automotive giant BMW is in talks with the government about a £75m funding package that would secure production of electric Minis at...

London’s FTSE 100 Index has reached an all-time high at 7905 earlier this afternoon. The Financial Times Stock Exchange index of the 100 most...

One thing the energy industry agrees on in theory – if not, it turns out, in practice – is that forcing prepayment meters on...

The energy regulator Ofgem has asked suppliers to suspend the forced installation of prepayment meters and review their processes for dealing with customers who...

The boss of British Gas’s owner, Centrica, said “there is no excuse” after an investigation found the company sent debt collectors who broke into...

The Bank of England has raised UK interest rates by a further half percentage point to 4%, but gave its clearest signal yet that...

Shell has announced annual profits of $39.9bn (£32.2bn), doubling from a year earlier and far exceeding the previous record of $31bn in 2008. The...

About 2.3 million households missed an essential payment in January – an increase of 400,000 on the month before, but similar to previous years....

British Gas has suspended the use of court warrants to force-fit prepayment meters after a report alleged it sent debt collectors to break into...

The US central bank has slowed the pace of interest rate hikes further but indicated more rises are likely despite official figures suggesting price...

House prices have declined for the fifth month in a row, falling 0.6% in January, according to one of the UK’s biggest mortgage lenders....

Britain’s second-biggest steel producer has been drawing up secret plans to axe hundreds of jobs even as it continues talks with ministers about £300m...

Shop prices have yet to reach their peak – despite record highs seen in January, it has been warned. Prices are now 8% higher...