Business

The UK has one of the “worst statutory leave offers for fathers and other parents in the developed world”, the chairwoman of the Women...

Fifteen years after the Sizewell C nuclear power station was proposed, the government will announce a £14.2bn commitment to the Suffolk site. Chancellor Rachel...

The UK’s jobless rate ticked up to 4.6% in April while payrolled employment has fallen sharply since, according to official figures covering the period...

Winter fuel payments will extend to everyone over the state pension age with an income of or below £35,000 a year, Chancellor Rachel Reeves...

US chipmaker Qualcomm has agreed a $2.4bn (£1.8bn) takeover of Alphawave – a deal set to result in another UK tech firm falling into...

“It’s a big deal for this government,” says Simon Case. “It’s the clearest indication yet of what they plan to do between now and...

Nigel Farage will pledge to reopen Port Talbot’s steel blast furnaces if in power in Wales, as his Reform UK party sets its sights...

A corporate intelligence firm which employs Sir John Sawers, the former head of MI6, is closing in on a deal to sell a big...

The family behind River Island, the high street fashion retailer, is drawing up a radical rescue plan which could put significant numbers of stores...

The US economy saw a slowdown in hiring but no leap in unemployment last month as the impact of Donald Trump’s trade war continues...

Elon Musk says Donald Trump appears in files relating to the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. It’s the latest in a string of barbs...

Bosses at six water companies have been banned from receiving bonuses for the last financial year under new legislation that comes into force on...

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have held a “very good” phone call amid their ongoing trade war, during which they agreed to more tariff...

When push comes to shove, the question of whether British industry faces crippling tariffs on exports to the US or enjoys a unique opportunity...

Ministers will this week unveil a revamp of the Whitehall investment hub that they hope will secure hundreds of billions of capital flows into...

The Post Office is considering selling assets or taking on new borrowings to help deliver an ambition to boost sub-postmasters’ pay by £120m this...

Elon Musk has criticised US President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill, calling it “outrageous” and a “disgusting abomination”. The bill, which includes multi-trillion-dollar...

The UK’s exemption from a doubling of duties on most US steel and aluminium imports is dependent on the ratification of May’s trade pact...

One of Britain’s top corporate troubleshooters is being lined up to spearhead a multibillion pound rescue of Thames Water after the company’s preferred bidder...