Business

Around three quarters of firms say they are putting up prices in response to surging costs such as wages, energy and raw materials, according...

LV= has revealed that it has pulled out of merger talks with mutual life rival Royal London amid the bitter fallout from LV’s failed...

Higher costs, more paperwork and border delays have been “the only detectable impact so far” of Brexit for British businesses, according to a new...

The energy regulator has told MPs that it estimated around £200m in household credit balances was lost through the failures of energy companies over...

Asda said it had “taken on board” comments by food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe as it announced it would stock low-price ranges in all...

Plans for a crackdown on “cowboy” parking firms will cap many fines at £50 and introduce a new code of conduct to better protect...

The business secretary has again ruled out the prospect of the government cutting VAT on energy bills to provide further support as the cost...

Downing Street is in talks with Macquarie Group, the Australian lender, to secure a headline-grabbing £10bn investment in British infrastructure that would represent one...

The power industry is concerned some companies could be making massive profits on the occasional days when renewable electricity generation slumps. Generators which step...

The boss of British Gas owner Centrica has warned that household bills could see a further increase in the autumn on top of the...

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has suggested that workers should not ask for big pay rises as it battles surging inflation. The Bank...

Households will be left in “deep peril” and older people will be “badly shaken” by the rise in energy bills, charities have warned. On...

It is hard to think of another day – certainly one outside a recession – when so much bad economic news came in one...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates, slashed its growth forecast and warned that families are about to suffer the biggest fall in...

Millions of households will discover on Thursday how much their energy bills will rise this spring after the regulator brought forward its announcement of...

Emergency traffic measures to control congestion at the Port of Dover have already been used as many times this year as in the first...

More than one in five people are cutting back on their use of gas and electricity as household budgets are squeezed by inflation, figures...

A retail lobby group has warned it will be “impossible” for the sector to shield shoppers from rising costs in the months ahead as...

The academic bookseller Blackwell’s has put itself up for sale for the first time in its 143-year history after scrapping plans to hand ownership...