Business

Nigel Farage will pledge to reopen Port Talbot’s steel blast furnaces if in power in Wales, as his Reform UK party sets its sights...

A corporate intelligence firm which employs Sir John Sawers, the former head of MI6, is closing in on a deal to sell a big...

The family behind River Island, the high street fashion retailer, is drawing up a radical rescue plan which could put significant numbers of stores...

The US economy saw a slowdown in hiring but no leap in unemployment last month as the impact of Donald Trump’s trade war continues...

Elon Musk says Donald Trump appears in files relating to the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. It’s the latest in a string of barbs...

Bosses at six water companies have been banned from receiving bonuses for the last financial year under new legislation that comes into force on...

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have held a “very good” phone call amid their ongoing trade war, during which they agreed to more tariff...

When push comes to shove, the question of whether British industry faces crippling tariffs on exports to the US or enjoys a unique opportunity...

Ministers will this week unveil a revamp of the Whitehall investment hub that they hope will secure hundreds of billions of capital flows into...

The Post Office is considering selling assets or taking on new borrowings to help deliver an ambition to boost sub-postmasters’ pay by £120m this...

Elon Musk has criticised US President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill, calling it “outrageous” and a “disgusting abomination”. The bill, which includes multi-trillion-dollar...

The UK’s exemption from a doubling of duties on most US steel and aluminium imports is dependent on the ratification of May’s trade pact...

One of Britain’s top corporate troubleshooters is being lined up to spearhead a multibillion pound rescue of Thames Water after the company’s preferred bidder...

The private equity firm that had been the frontrunner to lead a rescue of the UK’s largest water provider – Thames Water – has...

The investment giant lined up to rescue Thames Water abandoned its offer days after talks took place involving one of its co-founders and Downing...

The chancellor and foreign secretary are threatening to take Roman Abramovich to court to seize the proceeds of his Chelsea FC sale. The Russian...

“Interlocking failures” in the water sector across England and Wales can be fixed through fundamental reform in five key areas, according to a major...

A former BT Group chief is being lined up to steer an audio technology business used by many of the world’s leading musicians through...

NatWest Group has picked a new head of its high street branch network in the lender’s first significant appointment since ending its 17-year tenure...