Business

Lidl says a rise of almost 25% in UK sales during the key festive season reflected a surge in new shoppers switching from rivals...

There’s a “bubbling of excitement” in the team preparing for the UK’s first orbital rocket launch but they are “laser sharp” as final checks...

Trade unions, Qatar and a little-known Hertfordshire business are among the biggest donors to individual MPs since the last general election. As part of...

Thirty-eight MPs have taken on second jobs where the ultimate party paying them is unclear, according to Sky News’ analysis of the MPs’ Register...

A leisure entrepreneur whose dealmaking prowess earned her the nickname ‘the pub superwoman’ is in talks to join the board of Whitbread, the FTSE-100...

Rail minister Huw Merriman will meet union leaders including Mick Lynch of the RMT on Monday after three weeks of unseasonal disruption left the...

House prices have dropped for the fourth month in a row as cost of living pressures and higher borrowing costs dampen demand. The average...

Windfall tax payments are to hit Shell by around $2bn (£1.7bn), the oil and gas company has estimated. The cost of the UK’s energy...

Hauliers exporting goods to the European Union have faced fresh disruption since the turn of the year as a glitch in the UK’s digital...

The government is bringing forward new strike laws to “maintain a basic function and deliver minimum safety levels” in the public sector during industrial...

UK high streets do not appear to have suffered a major hit from rail strikes in the run-up to Christmas but business has been...

Next performed better than expected over the Christmas period and has increased its profit outlook as a result, painting a positive picture for retail...

Amazon has announced that it is cutting 18,000 jobs – the biggest round of layoffs in the company’s history. In a note to employees,...

Government support for business energy bills will be cut in April as the chancellor moves to reduce taxpayer exposure to the soaring cost of...

A fall in wholesale energy costs means average annual bills could soon come in below the level of the government’s energy support programme, according...

Mortgage approvals were at the lowest since the early months of the pandemic and credit card debt was up more than £1bn in November,...

Rishi Sunak has pledged to boost the economy, cut hospital waiting lists and stop migrant crossings in the Channel in his first speech of...

Amazon is set to endure a strike by workers in the UK for the first time. Members of the GMB union at the US...

Food inflation hit a record annual rate in December as cash-strapped households prepared for Christmas, according to a retail sector report. The latest British...