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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...

App-based lender Atom bank says its four-day working week trial has been a resounding success. The bank, which is based in the northeast of...

The minimum wage should be raised to £15 an hour, the Trades Union Congress says, as it declares it is “time to put an...

UK private sector growth has moved closer to stagnation as it slowed to a new 18-month low, dragged down by a slump in factory...

Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey as he tries to back out of his $44bn (£37bn) deal...

UK inflation is set to top 18% in January – the highest point in more than 40 years and nine times the Bank of...