Business

With the flick of a switch, fuel poverty has become a mainstream economic condition. Defined as spending 10% or more of disposable income on...

The business secretary has warned Royal Mail that a Czech billionaire’s bid to raise his stake in the company faces a national security investigation....

The government must increase its energy bills discount by at least 150% or risk pushing millions of households into financial distress. That is the...

App-based lender Atom bank says its four-day working week trial has been a resounding success. The bank, which is based in the northeast of...

The minimum wage should be raised to £15 an hour, the Trades Union Congress says, as it declares it is “time to put an...

UK private sector growth has moved closer to stagnation as it slowed to a new 18-month low, dragged down by a slump in factory...

Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey as he tries to back out of his $44bn (£37bn) deal...

UK inflation is set to top 18% in January – the highest point in more than 40 years and nine times the Bank of...

Sony PlayStation is being sued for £5 billion by nine million claimants amid accusations it “ripped people off” with overpriced games and in-game purchases....

Almost 2,000 workers have walked out of their jobs at the UK’s largest container port on the first day of an eight-day workers strike,...

Spiralling energy costs are driving cafes, restaurants and independent shops all around the country to the edge of survival, according to an industry body....

The founder of Matalan is preparing for a fresh tussle with the retailer’s lenders over its ownership ahead of a deadline for refinancing £350m...

Only around one in five trains across the UK will operate today, as tens of thousands of workers go on strike again in the...

Cineworld, the world’s second-largest cinema chain, is preparing to file for bankruptcy within weeks, the Wall Street Journal reports, after struggling to rebuild attendance...

Following the pandemic, visitors were just starting to return this summer to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, a naval museum that includes attractions such as...

Consumer confidence is at an all-time low in light of “acute concerns” about the soaring cost of living and bleak economic outlook, according to...

An Ofgem director has quit over the electricity and gas regulator’s decision to change the way it calculates the energy price cap, which she...

One of the most prominent figures in Britain’s professional services industry is lining up private equity backing for a £1.5bn offer for the accountancy...

Britain’s rate of inflation has surged to a fresh 40-year high, heaping yet more pain on cash-strapped households as the cost of living crisis...