Business

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...

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to stealing billions of dollars of customer money in his first court appearance since he...

UK airlines are more likely to have delays compared to their rivals in Europe and around the world, figures for the past year show....

Crisis-hit Cineworld has denied claims by the owner of rival Odeon that they have held talks over the sale of cinemas, saying it intends...

Tesla has continued to increase electric car production but supply chain problems have meant it is delivering fewer cars than it produces – while...

Close to 50 shops shut down every day in 2022, more than at any other point for at least five years. In a bruising year...

Given the drama of 2022, there is no guessing what 2023 will throw at us. Still, that needn’t stop us having a shot, so...

Ministers are urging the chancellor to provide £300m of taxpayers’ money to avert the closure of British Steel’s two blast furnaces – a move...

In response to the release of thousands of pages of his tax returns, former US president Donald Trump warned “horrible things” were to come,...

House prices recorded their “worst run” since 2008 following a fourth consecutive monthly decline in December, according to a closely-watched measure. Mortgage lender Nationwide’s...