Business

One of the world’s biggest oil producers is contemplating a multibillion pound takeover bid for Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Britain’s biggest independent petrol station...

Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down from her post as a senior executive at Meta. She has served as chief operating officer at Facebook’s parent...

The owner of the Premier Inn hotels chain faces a pay row for a second successive year after voting advisors opposed its decision to...

Shell’s North Sea Jackdaw gas field has received final regulatory approval. It comes as the government tries to boost domestic energy output in an...

Frasers Group, the shopping empire founded by Mike Ashley that owns House of Fraser and Sports Direct, has swooped in to save Missguided from...

Shop prices grew at the fastest rate in more than a decade during May, spurred on by rapidly-accelerating food inflation. The figures come from...

Average petrol prices have reached a new record high of 173.02p a litre, figures show, after an EU ban on Russian oil imports. Fuel...

Roman Abramovich has completed the sale of Chelsea Football Club to a group led by American businessman Todd Boehly and investment firm Clearlake Capital....

Oil prices hit their highest level in more than two months on Monday morning as EU officials gathered in Brussels to debate the best...

Foxtons has raided rival London estate agent Chestertons to poach its chief executive as it faces pressure from activist shareholders to sell the company....

The consumer goods giant which owns a controlling stake in David Beckham’s portfolio of branded products is racing to finalise a £300m takeover of...

Shell has said the chancellor’s windfall tax “creates uncertainty” about investing in oil and gas in the North Sea. The tax was announced by...

The chancellor’s cost of living package lowers the risk of a recession, leading economists have said. In its latest forecast, the Bank of England...

One of the government’s most loyal ministers has warned that a windfall tax on oil and gas companies will not be “economically cost-free”. The...

Eight million of the poorest UK households will receive a one off “cost of living payment” of £650 – and there will be an...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to bow to pressure to impose a windfall tax on energy companies when he sets out the government’s latest...

Volkswagen (VW) has reached a £193m settlement with UK drivers involved in a class action lawsuit over the so-called dieselgate scandal in 2015. The...

The sale of Chelsea FC has been given approval by the UK government following the proposed takeover by the Todd Boehly / Clearlake Consortium....

The UK’s energy price cap is expected to rise in October to around £2,800, Ofgem’s chief executive says. The cap which applies until 31...