Business

The UK financial watchdog will announce plans to change the rules on bringing companies into public ownership after a series of high profile businesses...

Prezzo, the high street restaurant chain, is bracing for a court showdown with landlords over the closure of a third of its sites. Sky...

BP made profits of $5bn (£4bn) in the first quarter of the year, as the rewards for shareholders are being stepped up. Underlying replacement...

Food prices increased by a record high of 15.7% last month as pressure continues to mount on household finances. Fresh food prices saw a...

Tier Mobility, the electric scooter group, is exploring a potential sale or merger with a rival as investors push operators to seek consolidation opportunities...

US bank First Republic’s assets will be taken over by JP Morgan after it became the third American lender to fail in two months....

Vue International, the independent cinema giant, will this week name the former boss of Very, the online shopping group, to its board. Sky News...

Manchester United could become the most expensive sports team in the world, after a Qatari businessman entered a record-breaking offer as the bidding window...

For some time now, the City has been doing some soul-searching over its future. There was a lot of speculation around the time of...

The fashion retailer Superdry is in advanced talks about a near-£15m share sale as it races to shore up its balance sheet amid tough...

The number of people taking “breathing space” from their debt problems has soared by more than a third year-on-year, official data shows. There were...

Amazon has posted stronger than expected profits in the first quarter of the year – but warnings of a slowdown in its cloud services...

A group of Britain’s most influential trade associations are in talks about forging closer ties as they try to navigate the crisis engulfing the...

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...