Business

Two of the country’s biggest banking giants have announced they are closing a total of 63 branches. Barclays said on Friday it will shut...

The leadership duo at the top of the CBI was involved in a bizarre exchange on a call with dozens of leading members on...

Some of Britain’s biggest commercial property-owners are joining forces in a bid to thwart a plot to slash rents at dozens of Fitness First...

The boss of Britain’s biggest rail workers union has insisted strikes have been a “success” – despite no pay deal being agreed yet after...

The National Grid Electricity System Operator has said it will kick energy projects out of the queue to connect to the grid if they...

As food inflation rises to 19.2%, its highest rate in 42 years, the European Central Bank has suggested it could be down to, in...

The owner of British Gas is facing criticism from a leading City investor over the multimillion pound pay package handed to its chief executive...

Ai-Da is an accomplished artist who has shown her designs at the Venice Biennale and addressed the House of Lords about the future of...

House prices fell by 3.4% year-on-year in May – the biggest annual fall in nearly 14 years, according to one of the UK’s biggest mortgage...

Dr Martens has reported a slump in profits despite hitting a £1bn revenue milestone for the first time – after admitting it made mistakes...

Amazon and a subsidiary have agreed to pay millions to settle two separate privacy cases against its Alexa and Ring doorbell devices. Both cases...

CBI members are to begin voting today on the future of the business lobby group, following a series of scandals. The organisation was plunged...

Longer lorries are now allowed on Britain’s roads to enable more goods to be carried on fewer journeys. This is despite fears about the risks for...

Rail passengers are set to suffer fresh travel disruption over the next few days due to more strikes in long-running disputes over pay, jobs...

Having made tackling inflation a key policy aim, ministers are under pressure to get a grip on food prices, which are still rising at...

Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has begun her prison sentence in Texas. Holmes, 39, is due to spend the next 11 years behind bars...

Artificial intelligence poses a similar risk of human extinction as pandemics and nuclear war, experts have warned. The boss of the firm behind ChatGPT,...

Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has begun her prison sentence in Texas. Holmes is due to spend the next 11 years behind bars for...

Asda’s chairman has said supermarkets are owed a “debt of gratitude” as he dismissed talk of capping prices as “rather backward looking”. Stuart Rose’s...