Business

Microsoft says it is aware of a programming flaw which saw some customers’ Exchange servers stop processing emails just as the clock struck midnight...

Guy Hands, the billionaire financier, is plotting the sale of the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) biggest landlord in what could be one of Britain’s...

Tencent Holdings, the Chinese technology behemoth, is taking a stake in Monzo, the British-based digital bank which has confounded expectations by securing a $4.5bn...

New rules banning a loyalty penalty for car and home insurance customers take effect from 1 January. The rules mean customers renewing their policy...

The owners of Shawbrook, one of Britain’s biggest challenger banks, are exploring plans to list it on the London Stock Exchange less than five...

Taunton has been named as the house price hotspot of 2021, with average values rising 21.8% this year – three times the UK average...

Liquidators of the Thomas Cook travel empire which became one of Britain’s best-known companies during its 178-year history have launched a bid to offload...

Households face an average hit of £1,200 to their incomes from the double whammy of rising energy bills and taxes, a think tank has...

A health minister has defended the government’s decision not to offer the hospitality sector more financial support, saying venues remain “pretty full”. Business leaders...

Footfall at shopping sites across the UK on Boxing Day fell to almost half of levels seen pre-pandemic, figures show. Shopping centres, usually filled...

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is to hold meetings with energy bosses today to address rapidly rising gas and electricity prices. Mr Kwarteng will meet...

The Premier League is facing a fresh bout of boardroom upheaval with the resignation of its longest-serving independent director amid the COVID-induced chaos that...

People are expected to do more post-Christmas sales shopping online but spend more in previous years, a survey has found. Shoppers plan to spend...

Central London saw the biggest drop in footfall of anywhere in the country as concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant kept shoppers...

The university spin-out venture chaired by Lord O’Neill, the former Treasury minister and Goldman Sachs economist, has secured backing from a syndicate of City...

Selfridges has been bought by a Thai retailer and Austrian property company in a £4bn deal, according to reports. The luxury department store chain...

Lloyds has apologised after some customers were unable to access their online banking accounts on Thursday evening. Users began tweeting they were having problems...

The businessman drafted in by Boris Johnson to advise on the supply chain problems which hit the British economy in the autumn has concluded...

Ryanair has revealed a “sudden downturn” in Christmas bookings has prompted it to slash January flights and pencil in annual losses more than twice...