Business

The head of Royal Mail has acknowledged policy breaches in monitoring postal workers’ delivery speed. The Royal Mail chief executive, Simon Thompson, reappeared before...

British Steel has revealed it is to cut 260 jobs, almost 7% of its workforce, despite continuing government funding talks with its Chinese owners....

Lloyds Banking Group has revealed a 12% increase in its bonus pool for 2022 despite pre-tax profits remaining flat on the previous year. The...

Government officials will this week fly to China in an effort to convince the owner of British Steel to finalise plans for a state...

Asda has imposed a limit on some fruit and vegetables customers can buy due to supply shortages. The British supermarket chain is limiting the...

Public borrowing in the financial year to date is £30.6bn less than predicted by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), according to the last...

The world’s biggest trial of a four-day working week has been hailed a success – with most of the companies involved saying they would...

The global payment giants Mastercard and Visa are facing the latest in a string of multibillion-pound competition lawsuits with the launch of a potentially...

Bills will rise by an estimated £500 a year despite an expected reduction in Ofgem’s household energy cap, analysts expect. The energy regulator will...

The government has been accused of going round in circles in its attempt to stop sewage pouring into England’s rivers and seaside. The environment...

Virgin Media O2 and its shareholders are exploring a takeover bid for Trooli, one of the UK’s army of ‘altnet’ fibre broadband companies. Sky...

Planet Organic, the organic supermarket chain, has drafted in City advisers to explore a possible sale. Sky News has learnt that Planet Organic, which...

Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, is to kick off a review of its presence in the UK banking sector – a move that could...

Retail sales rose in January, surprising economists after a two month fall, according to official figures. Sales were expected to fall 0.3% according to...

Investors linked to the Qatari royal family will bid to buy Manchester United on Friday. Investors from the US and Saudi Arabia will also...

Profits at 45% state-owned bank NatWest have risen to their highest since the global financial crash. The bank recorded profits of £5.1bn before tax...

Ambulance and Border Force staff are back on strike today as their bitter disputes over pay and working conditions continue. GMB and Unite members...

Rail workers and nurses will strike again next month, while frontline Royal Mail workers are also threatening a new wave of strikes. Tens of...

The union representing 112,000 frontline Royal Mail staff is increasingly “gambling with their members’ futures”, a company source has told Sky News as a...