Business

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has drafted in headhunters to shape a three-way internal contest to become its next chief executive – a process that...

In Bristol, the last full working Friday before Christmas didn’t feel like it. A day informally reserved for sneaky shopping, long-lunches and perhaps a...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his team has held meetings with business leaders as pressure mounts on the government to provide assistance to companies impacted...

Retail sales rose by 1.4% in November, lifted above their pre-pandemic level by an increase in sales at clothing stores and computer stores. Volumes...

The Bank of England has announced a pre-Christmas interest rate hike from 0.1% to 0.25% despite fears over the economic impact of the Omicron...

Rishi Sunak has been urged to “get on a plane” back to the UK amid a growing clamour for support for businesses hit by...

The central bank of the United States has signalled it could raise interest rates three times next year. In an abrupt policy shift, the...

Inflation surged to 5.1% last month, hitting a fresh decade high as the cost of living squeeze on households intensified. The consumer prices index...

Britain should be “ready to redeploy” furlough aid if it faces a virulent COVID-19 wave requiring widespread lockdowns, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...

The UK’s unemployment rate has fallen while there is further evidence that the end of the furlough scheme in September did not result in...

Ministers are facing a backlash from business over fears of the UK sliding into “lockdown by stealth”. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and...

Working households are facing the worst Christmas wage squeeze in almost a decade, according to a report by the TUC. The union organisation demanded...

A robotics and automation company backed by Walmart, America’s biggest grocery retailer, is finalising plans for a $4.5bn (£3.3bn) merger with a ‘blank cheque’...

Jupiter, one of Britain’s best-known fund managers, is on alert for a takeover approach amid a frenzy of dealmaking activity across the global asset...

The future of LV= was thrown into confusion this evening when members of the UK’s second largest mutual life insurer narrowly rejected a takeover...

US inflation has hit a 39-year high in the latest sign of a cost of living squeeze for consumers in the world’s biggest economy....

The company behind the controversial Cambo oil field has said work on the project is being paused – after oil giant Shell pulled out...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned of “bumps on our road to recovery” as new figures showed growth stalled even before the arrival of the...

The government is facing increasing calls to step in and support businesses affected by new “plan B” COVID measures – which include working from...