Business

With recessions expected in many parts of the world during 2023, it is highly likely that unemployment will rise in a number of economies...

Around 100,000 civil servants will strike on 1 February in a worsening dispute over jobs, pay and conditions, the Public and Commercial Services union...

Royal Mail has said it is facing severe disruption to its international export services after a “cyber incident”. “We are temporarily unable to despatch...

Rail union leaders have told MPs there is much left to agree if further national strikes are to be averted, with one accusing the...

Up to 3,200 jobs are to go at Goldman Sachs as part of the biggest restructuring efforts at the company since the global financial...

Shares in Virgin Orbit, the company behind the failed first UK space launch, are on course to fall by more than a fifth at...

Amazon has revealed plans to shut three UK warehouses, a decision that will affect 1,200 jobs, but open two new major fulfilment centres. Sites...

Consumer spending failed to keep pace with inflation in December, figures suggest, likely bolstering the view among economists that the UK is in recession....

More than 1.4 million fixed rate mortgage customers are facing the prospect of significant hikes to their monthly payments when their deals end this...

Businesses are set to secure £5.5bn more in government support to help them with their energy bills from the start of April, when the...

All businesses are set to secure further taxpayer support for their energy bills when the current scheme ends in March but at a reduced...

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...