Business

JD Sports has said it is not “suspicious or illegitimate” for its executive chairman Peter Cowgill to meet his opposite number at rival Footasylum...

An investment vehicle which began building a stake in the London-listed gambling software group Playtech earlier this year is weighing plans for a £3bn...

Elon Musk has asked his 62.5 million Twitter followers whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock. The Tesla CEO launched the poll...

Abrdn, the FTSE-100 asset manager, is in advanced talks to buy Interactive Investor (II) for more than £1.5bn – a deal that will hand...

The UK’s five biggest supermarkets will try to halve the environmental impact of a weekly food shop by the end of the decade. It...

Brexit is done, and for many, there’s genuine relief it’s over. But ongoing disagreements and post-treaty disputes are having real world costs to businesses...

The owner of British Airways has placed its hopes for a return to profitability on strong demand for transatlantic travel after posting a loss...

Liberty Steel boss Sanjeev Gupta has been criticised in a report by MPs looking into the crisis that engulfed the company, as well as...

The Bank of England has surprised investors and economists by leaving interest rates on hold at 0.1% for at least another month. However, the...

America’s central bank has confirmed that it is to start scaling back its emergency support for the US economy. The US Federal Reserve said...

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has declared a “watershed” moment in financing the world’s move to net zero following news that $130...

Three of Britain’s biggest high street lenders will this week join an alliance aimed at phasing out the world’s dependence on coal power amid...

A British scallop trawler detained by French authorities as part of a fishing feud with the UK is still being held, despite a cabinet...

The Rothermere family is on the verge of a £400m pensions agreement that will pave the way for it to delist the publisher of...

Barclays has revealed that its chief executive Jes Staley has stepped down following an investigation by regulators into his dealings with the disgraced financier...

A husband and wife team who set up an upmarket outdoor pizza-oven company nearly a decade ago are planning to sell a stake in...

G20 world leaders have endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations as part of an agreement on new international tax rules. The move by...

The Racing Post is galloping towards a £500m sale as its owner looks to cash in on a surge in demand for sports betting...

The prime minister has sought to soothe relations between France and the UK, telling journalists en route to the G20 in Rome that France...