Business

Talks between Network Rail and the RMT have resumed with the union warning it will announce more strike dates if the rail bosses press...

Thames Water is to tap shareholders for £1.5bn of new equity in an effort to accelerate its transformation plan, months after it was hit...

A two-year extension of tariffs on some foreign steel has been revealed by the government in a bid to protect domestic producers, despite pleas...

Kerry says she has £20,000 of debts and counting. She is one of an increasing number of people for whom the cost of living...

The international money-transfer service WorldRemit has become the latest fintech unicorn to take an axe to its workforce, as tumbling valuations force founders onto...

Four Seasons Health Care, one of Britain’s biggest care home operators, is putting the bulk of its operations up for sale three years after...

Petrol retailers have been accused of forcing “rocket and feather” pricing after unleaded hit a new, and unexpected, record average high over the weekend....

One of HSBC’s top UK executives is quitting in a surprise move to run the Skipton Building Society, one of Britain’s biggest financial mutuals....

The father-and-son duo who have built Matchroom Sport into a global sports promotion empire are plotting a deal that will cement their status among...

A cheap festival should not be an oxymoron but many people at Glastonbury this year are in a very different place financially to where...

The global chairman of KPMG has taken a swipe at the $80bn break-up being hatched by rival EY, implying that such a radical restructuring...

London Underground workers have voted to strike again, as they near the end of this week’s action which has seen tube services disrupted across...

Cath Kidston, the modern vintage brand, has been put up for sale just two years after collapsing into administration with the loss of nearly...

The British public is well-used to confrontations between workers in the public sector and the government of the day. Over the decades there have...

The UK government made one of its largest interest payments on public debt ever last month, after inflation pushed borrowing costs to some of...

The rate of inflation has risen to a fresh 40-year high of 9.1% in May, according to the latest official figures. The update, from...

Imagine, if you can, you are in the chancellor’s shoes. Your instincts are to cut taxes and reduce public spending yet pretty much every...

This week’s rail strike and the potential for further walkouts across the public sector has conjured the spirits of the Winter of Discontent, the...

Demand for supermarket value ranges has surged by 12% as grocery inflation hits its highest level in 13 years, according to closely-watched industry data....