Business

A leading pubs and hotels operator has warned investors it is expecting annual earnings to come in below market expectations, claiming that train strikes...

The bank executive who helped to transform Virgin Money into one of Britain’s biggest high street lenders has landed a role at the helm...

An online pet food retailer has hit out at one brand’s “excessive” price increases, and instead offered customers 10% off its competitors. Customers have...

Grant Shapps has launched a crackdown on energy suppliers, following reports some are not doing enough to support vulnerable customers amid the cost of...

The outgoing chief executive of Rightmove is among a pack of contenders to become the next boss of Future, the Marie Claire and Wallpaper...

Google workers in the UK and Ireland face uncertainty after its parent company Alphabet announced 12,000 jobs are to be axed globally. The Silicon...

The Treasury is close to agreeing a £300m aid package for the UK’s second-biggest steel producer in a move aimed at reducing its carbon...

Greta Thunberg has accused the political and business elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos of putting “corporate greed” and “short-term profits” above...

Cost-conscious shoppers curbed spending over the Christmas period adding to the woes of retailers, official figures show. Retail sales unexpectedly fell by 1% in...

A series of fresh walkouts by ambulance workers has been announced by Unite in an escalation of the bitter dispute over pay and staffing....

Lloyds Pharmacy is to pull out of 237 in-store Sainsbury’s branches, potentially putting more than 2,000 jobs at risk and exposing the financial pressure...

Premier Foods, the maker of Oxo stock cubes and Mr Kipling cakes, has announced plans to close a plant in the West Midlands, putting...

Lord Tyrie, the former chair of the competition watchdog, is among a group of parliamentarians and private sector chiefs who have joined forces to...

The owners of Asda are plotting a £1bn sale of part of their American petrol forecourts empire as part of efforts to reduce its...

Argos will shut all of its stores in the Republic of Ireland in June this year, the company said on Thursday, following a “period...

The King has again signalled his wish to potentially shake up the way the monarchy is funded following a £1bn wind farm deal that...

Ferry services to and from Calais are suspended today because of a national strike in France. P&O Ferries says it had produced an “optimised”...

Manchester City has topped a closely watched global revenue ranking for the second year running, with the wider Premier League taking “the lion’s share”...

Britain’s battery sector has been delivered some unexpected good news, after an Australian billionaire told Sky News he will be opening an advanced battery...