Business

Ofgem’s failure to effectively regulate energy suppliers since 2018 has “come at a considerable cost” to British households, a watchdog report has found. The...

Jeremy Hunt has said everyone is going to be paying higher taxes but those who earn the most will have to make larger sacrifices....

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned there will be no rabbits in the upcoming budget, describing himself as “Scrooge who is going to do things...

Byron, one of the UK’s best-known burger restaurant chains, is to be flipped to a new owner two-and-a-half years after a brush with insolvency....

FTX, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, is commencing bankruptcy proceedings in the US. Chief executive officer Sam?Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old who once graced...

The UK economy contracted by 0.2% in the third quarter, early official figures show – prompting the chancellor to warn that the “tough road...

KFC in Germany has apologised for inviting customers to “treat yourself” on Kristallnacht. The business sent the alert to its mobile app on the...

A union representing more than 100,000 civil servants has voted to strike in a dispute over pay, pensions and jobs. The Public and Commercial...

Train drivers across England have declared a fresh strike in their long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Aslef union will walk...

Today’s dramatic US inflation figures raise hopes that the Federal Reserve is winning the fight against the monster. Consumer price inflation in October came...

It might barely be November, but the battle for the best Christmas advert is already in full flow, with John Lewis launching its festive...

Britain is in the grip of a mental health crisis that is causing workers to drop out of the labour market and fuelling staff...

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has become the latest big tech player to wield the axe in the tougher global economy, laying...

Elon Musk has sold Tesla stock worth almost $4bn (£3.46bn) after completing his takeover of Twitter. The founder and chief executive of the electric...

Made.com has entered administration with the loss of all 500 jobs in the business. There was initially no news on how many, if any,...

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has reported a big dip in profits and warned of a “gathering storm” ahead from rising costs and squeezed consumer...

The cost of the average annual grocery shop has risen by almost £40 in just one month, according to an industry report which is...

Britain will struggle to fill the jobs of the future if computer science and artificial intelligence (AI) are not made part of the school...

Consumer spending rose 3.5% in October but the hospitality and leisure industries continue to struggle as Britons cut back ahead of Christmas, a report...