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Plans for a new British-owned battery gigaplant in Northumberland have been boosted by the commitment of around £100m of government funds to the £3.8bn...

A cross-Channel power cable project has been rejected by the government despite pressure to bolster energy supplies in the face of an unprecedented surge...

The governor of the Bank of England has voiced “concern” that inflationary pressures in the UK economy could prove more stubborn than it expected....

Sky News analysis of new data shows that it is becoming increasingly difficult to buy a home, especially for people in the parts of...

Households in Britain could soon be spending more of their money on energy than any previous generation, including during the oil shocks of the...

Microsoft has agreed a deal to buy the troubled Call of Duty and Candy Crush gaming firm Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn (£50.5bn). The all-cash...

Amazon has announced that it will not stop accepting Visa credit cards for UK payments later this week as had been planned. In an...

Credit Suisse’s chairman has resigned just nine months into the role after breaching COVID-19 quarantine rules – in fresh controversy for the global investment...

There is no winter sport resort quite like Chamonix. Nestled in the shadow of Mont Blanc, it has a glittering history and a reputation...

A former executive at Farfetch, the online luxury fashion platform, is a contender to become the next boss of ASOS, the £2.3bn digital retailer....

The high street retailer WH Smith has been plunged into a major pay row with investors amid heightened tensions over boardroom rewards as Britain...

Lord John Sainsbury of Preston Candover – the former chairman of the supermarket chain – has died aged 94. The supermarket’s current chairman and...

Customers can expect to pay more for electrical and tech goods in 2022 with price increases “inevitable”, the boss of Currys has told Sky...

Britain’s economy grew stronger than expected in November before the Omicron variant struck, bouncing back for the first time above pre-pandemic levels. The Office...

An estimated 3% of the UK workforce was off work in late December while a fifth of businesses reported increased cancellations over the past...

Ovo Energy, the UK’s third-largest household supplier, has informed staff of its decision to cut its workforce by a quarter. Sky News reported on...

Ovo Energy, the UK’s third-biggest gas and electricity supplier, is to cut a quarter of its workforce as part of a restructuring aimed at...

Former directors of Thomas Cook, one of Britain’s biggest travel companies, are to be formally cleared of wrongdoing by the government’s bankruptcy watchdog after...

UK households have experienced the biggest slump in their financial wellbeing as a surge in the cost of living takes its toll, a new...