Business

Ikea has launched a scheme allowing customers to return their old furniture back to the retailer in exchange for shopping vouchers. The initiative had...

David Ross, the billionaire co-founder of The Carphone Warehouse and prominent Conservative Party donor, is to step down as chairman of the Royal Opera...

Today’s quarterly results from AstraZeneca are a very timely reminder that, for all the debate about the drug-maker’s involvement in the Oxford COVID vaccine,...

The boss of Virgin Atlantic said there was “no reason to delay” the return of US-UK travel next month – as the carrier reported...

House prices rose at their biggest monthly rate since 2004 in April after Rishi Sunak extended a holiday on stamp duty, according to new...

The number of people looking to buy property in Cornwall has risen by more than 140% – the highest growth rate of any county...

Barclays was given a thumbs down from the City despite a bumper rise in quarterly profits to £2.4bn and growing optimism about the UK’s...

Amazon’s profit in the first three months of 2021 came in at $8.1bn (£5.8bn) – more than triple what it was in the same...

State-backed lender Natwest has reported a sharp rise in profits as it followed rivals in clawing back some of the money set aside to...

Facebook’s financial results have exceeded expectations but the company’s growth could decline significantly under Apple’s new privacy policies. The social network said its monthly...

Nestlé is to make almost 600 people redundant as it closes a factory in the UK and moves some of its production to Europe....

Premier Inn owner Whitbread has slumped to a £1bn annual loss – but hopes to benefit from a “staycation” boom over the summer. Revenues...

HSBC’s profits have surged by a better than expected 79% to $5.8bn (£4.2bn) in the first quarter, largely thanks to an improved economic outlook...

Elon Musk is eligible for two options payouts worth a combined $11bn (£7.9bn) after Tesla hit quarterly performance targets. The electric carmaker posted a...

The UK is on course for its strongest annual growth since the Second World War after a resilient performance through latest lockdowns, according to...

Paula Vennells, the ex-Post Office chief executive, is quitting the boards of two major retailers days after her former employer was found culpable over...

Football bosses are kicking off talks about the future of the Women’s Super League (WSL) that could trigger a bidding war between private equity...

A ‘blank cheque’ company set up by the Japanese technology giant SoftBank is in talks to merge with a start-up which competes with the...

Investment bank J P Morgan has admitted it “clearly misjudged” the backlash from football fans over the proposed new European Super League. The financial...