Business

The economy narrowly avoided recession in the second half of last year, according to early official figures, despite growth going into a sharp reverse...

Takeaway delivery platform Deliveroo has announced it is to cut roughly 350 jobs, equivalent to about 9% of the company workforce. Roles across the...

The UK has paid £2.3bn to the EU after losing a long-running trade dispute, with the amount including £1bn in interest. The government announced...

The governor of the Bank of England has told MPs that its forecasts for inflation to more than halve this year are at risk...

The company behind many popular consumer brands including Marmite and Magnum ice creams has said it expects price growth to ease later this year...

Around 7,000 jobs are to go at Disney – about 3.6% of the workforce – as a multi-billion dollar cost saving restructuring was announced...

Twitter has announced that subscribers to its premium Blue service can now post longer tweets – but the news has been overshadowed by technical...

Fixating on the short-term damage caused by Brexit is a “fake conversation”, the new Business and Trade Secretary has said, adding that it will...

The UK’s competition watchdog has moved a step closer to potentially blocking Microsoft’s planned $69bn (£56bn) takeover of Call of Duty gaming firm Activision....

The boss of the UK’s largest gas supplier, Norway’s Equinor, has warned it will be difficult to further increase output after ramping up production...

The UK will avoid tipping into recession this year but a greater number of homes – one-in-four – will struggle to pay elevated bills,...

McDonald’s has signed a legal agreement with the equality watchdog amid concerns over how it has handled sexual harassment complaints made by UK staff....

BP has revealed it is to miss a key climate goal while announcing record annual profits. The London-based firm said its main measure, underlying...

Consumer spending remained broadly below inflation last month but people forked out for holidays and entertainment as pent-up demand was released. Closely watched data...

A decision on whether to introduce a so-called ‘Britcoin’ digital pound is to be made by 2025, the Treasury has announced, as a consultation...

The bosses of Britain’s biggest housebuilders will hold talks with the chancellor this week as they face a multibillion pound bill in the form...

Administrators have selected a rival battery start-up based in Australia as preferred bidder for collapsed Britishvolt. EY confirmed on Monday morning that its team...

The German automotive giant BMW is in talks with the government about a £75m funding package that would secure production of electric Minis at...

London’s FTSE 100 Index has reached an all-time high at 7905 earlier this afternoon. The Financial Times Stock Exchange index of the 100 most...