Business

UK economic growth picked up in August as bars, restaurants and festivals benefited from a first full month without COVID restrictions in England, official...

Ofgem, the energy regulator, is braced for a fresh wave of supplier collapses this week as the crisis engulfing the industry continues to accelerate....

The number of job vacancies hit a record high of 1.1 million in the three months to September, as the post-pandemic labour market continued...

Big Ideas live will explore the challenges facing the economy as we come out of the pandemic. It will look at how business can...

Online fashion retailer ASOS has warned profits could fall by as much as 40% as it counts the cost of supply chain strains and...

A residential renewable energy supplier backed by BP is nearing collapse, joining the growing list of industry players which have found themselves unable to...

The business secretary has vowed to keep energy prices capped this winter despite soaring wholesale prices to shield millions of consumers from price hikes...

A pig farmer who fears he may have to destroy 80 animals a week due to a shortage of butchers says the army may...

Amber Rudd, the former cabinet minister, is joining a new special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that will float in London and target a merger...

Boris Johnson has appointed the former boss of Tesco as an expert supply chain adviser. Sir David Lewis, former chief executive of the supermarket...

Royal Mail has launched a drive to take on more than 20,000 seasonal workers – just as new figures illustrate how employers are struggling...

Firms are increasingly putting up prices as they pass on soaring costs, according to new figures that are likely to add to fears of...

The gap between electricity supply and demand is expected to be narrower this winter than last as the country battles an energy crunch but...

Wholesale gas costs reached new uncharted territory on Wednesday as financial markets fret over the impact of inflation on the global recovery from the...

The UK’s largest retailer has reported a doubling of first-half profits and raised its full-year outlook – shrugging off the challenges posed by supply...

Hundreds of healthy pigs have been culled after a nationwide shortage of abattoir workers left farms overcrowded with animals that could not be sent...

New car sales plunged by 35% in September as chip shortages inflicted a major setback on what is normally a key month for the...

A pharmacy industry body has warned of delivery delays for medicines in some parts of the country but says it is managing the supply...

Soldiers will begin delivering fuel to petrol stations this morning as parts of the country continue to struggle with shortages. Around 200 military personnel...