Business

NatWest has beaten expectations by recording a pre-tax profit of £1.8bn in the first three months of the year. This is well ahead of...

Average rents for properties across Britain have hit a new record high, according to data from a property website showing a record £2,500 per...

Two union disputes with train operating companies are to result in fresh strikes – including on the days of the Eurovision Song Contest and...

Sainsbury’s has reported a fall in its pre-tax profit, as it reveals it has spent more than £560m on “keeping our prices low over...

The government has announced a raft of gambling reforms, including a new statutory levy on big firms, in a bid to crack down on...

Self-exclusion systems designed to protect problem gamblers are failing because customers are still able to open accounts after registering, according to campaigners. They warn...

The world’s largest economy slowed sharply in the first quarter of the year, according to the first official estimate which has raised fears of...

Vodafone is closing in on the appointment of a new boss after its interim chief executive won support from key institutional investors for her...

Sainsbury’s has reported a fall in its pre-tax profit, as it reveals it has spent more than £560m on “keeping our prices low over...

The new boss of business lobby group the CBI says she is confident it will win back the trust of ministers and members within...

The British competition watchdog has blocked Microsoft’s bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) stopped the $68.7bn...

Self-exclusion systems designed to protect problem gamblers are failing because customers are still able to open accounts after registering, according to campaigners. They warn...

It is rare for a decision by the UK’s competition regulator to make waves globally. The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has traditionally not...

The British competition watchdog has blocked Microsoft’s bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) stopped the $68.7bn...

Capital One, the American credit card giant, is poised to swoop on a British luxury concierge service in a deal said to be worth...

The new boss of the CBI says she is “profoundly sorry” to women who have been let down by the business lobby group. Rain...

When Huw Pill said, in a recent Columbia University podcast, that British people need “to accept that they’re worse off” the comments understandably hit...

The City of London’s governing body has delivered a fresh hit to the CBI, saying it had joined the ranks of those suspending their...

The Bank of England’s chief economist has urged people to accept they are poorer, warning that inflation risks remaining stubbornly high. Huw Pill told...