Business

Discount pub chain JD Wetherspoon is on course for a record year, the company has said, after its sales in Easter week were the...

The government is to allow longer lorries on UK roads to reduce the number of journeys – despite fears the move will cost lives....

A British man has pleaded guilty to hacking Twitter accounts – including Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk – in a bid to...

A UK-based quantum computing firm claims to have harnessed an exotic form of sub-atomic matter for the first time, a feat they claim could...

Limits should be placed on the amount of alcohol served at work events, the professional body for management has said after polling it conducted...

One of Britain’s biggest companies has warned that the UK risks squandering its lead in one of the most important green technologies because of...

The chief executive of Royal Mail is in advanced talks to leave the company just weeks after his credibility was questioned by MPs investigating...

The first cannabis company to stage an IPO on the London Stock Exchange will this week install a City veteran as its chairman and...

The billionaire petrochemicals tycoon Sir Jim Ratcliffe is proposing a full buyout of Manchester United Football Club after three years if he succeeds with...

The crisis-hit CBI has drafted in a business ethics consultancy to aid a review of its culture four weeks before a meeting of its...

The main lobby group for US banks has appealed for regulators’ help to close the door on the crisis of confidence ripping through shares...

The parent company of British Airways has raised its forecast for annual operating profits due to stronger bookings, saying it expects capacity to be...

Apple has beat Wall Street expectations and market trends in reporting increased iPhone sales in its second quarter results. Both revenues and profits were...

First time buyers are paying an average of nearly £200 extra a month compared to a year ago, according to research from a UK...

Another US regional lender has revealed talks to shore up its finances and a further has had its share price was clobbered amid the...

Members of the biggest rail workers union have voted to renew their mandate to strike during the next six months in the long-running dispute...

Shell has revealed it is handing a further $6bn (£4.7bn) to shareholders after its latest quarterly profits beat its own forecasts. The oil and...

Heathrow travellers are being warned they could face disruption as security officers begin a new series of strikes today. Staff who are members of...

The Federal Reserve – the US central bank, known as the Fed – has increased interest rates for the tenth time in a row...