Business

Shares in UK banks have fallen sharply on the back of a report which urges the chancellor to place their profits in her sights...

The man dubbed “Britain’s most hated boss” for his controversial policy of sacking hundreds of seafarers and replacing them with cheaper agency staff is...

Donald Trump has cancelled a loophole from today that had allowed consumers and businesses to be spared duties for sending low-value goods to the...

Up to 550 roles are to be cut across car maker Lotus’s UK operations, the company said. The losses will be made across the...

Sanjeev Gupta, the metals tycoon whose main British business was forced into compulsory liquidation last week, is facing a deepening probe by Australian regulators...

The world’s most valuable company, and first to be valued at $4trn (£2.9trn), beat market expectations in keenly anticipated financial results. Microchip maker Nvidia...

Ryanair staff are to get more money for spotting and charging for oversized baggage, the company’s chief executive has said. Michael O’Leary said he...

A larger than expected hike in the energy price cap from October is largely down to higher costs being imposed on families by the...

Thousands of consumers been targeted by fraudsters impersonating the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The FCA has said it received 4,465 reports of scammers pretending...

A health and beauty retailer founded on a Lancashire market stall more than half a century ago is facing collapse amid a race to...

President Trump says he is firing a governor of the US central bank, a move seen as intensifying his bid for control over the...

The water industry watchdog is probing payments to the bosses of a string of suppliers following the revelation that Yorkshire Water’s offshore parent company...

The owners of New Look, the high street fashion retailer, have picked bankers to oversee a strategic review which is expected to see the...

The Coca-Cola Company is brewing up a sale of Costa, Britain’s biggest high street coffee chain, more than six years after acquiring the business...

TikTok is putting hundreds of jobs at risk in the UK, as it turns to artificial intelligence to assess problematic content. The video-sharing app...

A union has welcomed the government taking over a troubled steel company, but is warning that payment for workers must be a top priority....

US stocks have fallen for five days running as traders nervously await a speech from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. Central bankers are gathering...

The British-based bank Shawbrook is in talks to buy ThinCats, a lender to medium-sized businesses, in a deal worth about £180m. Sky News has...

Consumer confidence has reached its highest point this year – driven by the Bank of England’s interest rate cuts. The long-running GfK Consumer Confidence...