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New car sales plunged by 35% in September as chip shortages inflicted a major setback on what is normally a key month for the...

A pharmacy industry body has warned of delivery delays for medicines in some parts of the country but says it is managing the supply...

Soldiers will begin delivering fuel to petrol stations this morning as parts of the country continue to struggle with shortages. Around 200 military personnel...

The fuel supply crisis is “virtually at an end” in parts of the UK, but problems persist in London and the South East, the...

The restaurant empire founded by Sir Terence Conran is to change hands for the first time in nearly a decade after its owners entered...

Army tanker drivers are to start delivering fuel to petrol stations from Monday in an emergency government move prompted by the continuing crisis at...

Sir Keir Starmer has called on the government to take “emergency action to get a grip” on the HGV driver shortage causing fuel and...

Motorists could face another “week or so” of long queues at the filling stations, a minister has said, because of an “unprecedented demand” for...

A 12% rise in the energy price cap has taken effect amid warnings further increases are inevitable in the months ahead as wholesale costs...

The fuel crisis is “back under control” as more is now being delivered to petrol stations than is being sold, a minister has told...

The UK economy grew more strongly than previously thought in the second quarter as consumers curbed their savings to fuel a spending splurge. Gross...

Energy firm Igloo, along with two others, have confirmed they are ceasing to trade as the record surge in wholesale energy costs continue to...

Amazon has created a home robot designed to guard the house as well as help with caregiving. Named Astro, the device works with Amazon’s...

The first “very tentative signs of stabilisation” are being seen on petrol forecourts, the transport secretary has said, following days of long queues and...

Oil prices have topped $80 a barrel for the first time in three years – likely to add to pressure on motorists when the...

Petrol retailers hoping for a return to normal after motorists drained pumps over the weekend have faced yet more forecourt queues – as parts...

A future Labour government would scrap business rates as part of “the biggest overhaul of business taxation in a generation”, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves...

IWG, the serviced offices giant behind Regus and Spaces, is exploring a multibillion pound break-up that would involve splitting it into several distinct companies....

Panicked motorists have caused lengthy queues at petrol stations for a second day – as an industry expert predicted the “catastrophic situation” is going...