Business

Waitrose has admitted to blocking rivals from opening supermarkets in close locations for close to a decade, according to the market watchdog. During an...

The chancellor is preparing a multibillion-pound package of tax cuts to help businesses struggling with soaring energy costs. Nadhim Zahawi is drawing up emergency...

The UK will enter recession before the end of this year, with growth expected to be weak into 2024. That is the latest forecast...

The soaring US dollar has pushed the pound to its biggest monthly fall since October 2016. The pound shed 4.6% in August, having lost...

British households are on course for the deepest living standards squeeze in a century, with real household disposable incomes expected to fall by 10%...

BrewDog has announced it will close six of its pubs, blaming spiralling costs and a “clueless government”. The craft beer firm will shut the...

The Co-op has sold its petrol station business to supermarket giant Asda for £600m, it announced on Wednesday, saying the deal would free up...

Transport for London has secured around £1.2bn in funding from the government, but the city’s mayor has warned the agreement is “far from ideal”....

Energy price increases of more than 300% are in danger of forcing pubs and brewers across the UK out of business in the coming...

Asda is preparing to accelerate a long-awaited move into Britain’s convenience store market with a £450m swoop on the Co-op Group’s petrol forecourt business....

Millions of people in the UK will not turn their heating on this winter because of rising energy bills, a survey suggests. The poll,...

The struggling fashion chain Joules’ hopes of securing a lifeline from the high street behemoth Next have hit a stumbling block days after it...

Boris Johnson has admitted that energy bills will be “eye-watering” this winter – and the cost of heating is already “frightening” for some. Writing...

Jupiter Fund Management is in talks to sell its entire stake in Starling Bank months after the digital lender’s valuation passed £2.5bn. Sky News...

Drop-off fees have increased at two-thirds of the UK’s major airports since 2019, according to research. An RAC investigation found 16 of the 22...

We have never seen anything like this.  The UK has been through all sorts of ups and downs (sadly more of the latter than...

With the flick of a switch, fuel poverty has become a mainstream economic condition. Defined as spending 10% or more of disposable income on...

The business secretary has warned Royal Mail that a Czech billionaire’s bid to raise his stake in the company faces a national security investigation....

The government must increase its energy bills discount by at least 150% or risk pushing millions of households into financial distress. That is the...