Business

More than 44,000 Asda workers have won the latest leg of their equal pay claim with bosses through a Supreme Court ruling, paving the...

Thousands of firms are to be refused business rates discounts claimed due to the pandemic in what has been described as a “catastrophic blow”....

Cineworld has reported worse than expected annual losses of just over $3bn (£2.2bn) and revealed a new funding round to help it navigate future...

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed plans to close a further eight stores, leaving 1,465 jobs under threat. The company, which includes the Waitrose...

The rate of inflation has taken an unexpected plunge on the back of a coronavirus crisis-driven fall in fashion costs – the deepest since...

Second home owners face a clampdown over a tax loophole that can save them money by claiming the properties are available for holiday lets....

The number of people in payrolled employment has risen for a third consecutive month despite further lockdown misery for the economy, according to official...

Travel shares have dropped sharply on growing fears of another lost summer for foreign holidays. British Airways owner International Airlines Group (IAG) was the...

Deliveroo has revealed that its looming flotation in London will value the company at up to £8.8bn. The food delivery app said on Monday...

A software company that helps financial institutions monitor employees’ electronic communications will this week unveil a $25m (£18m) investment from one of London’s most...

Elon Musk has said his company would be shut down if its cars were used for the purposes of spying. The Tesla chief executive...

The maker of Fortnite and Houseparty, two of the pandemic’s biggest technology smash hits, is closing in on another large injection of funding that...

UK pubs face a “bleak future” as they mark a year since being forced to close due to the first coronavirus lockdown. Dave Mountford,...

British Airways and the newspaper group behind the Daily Mirror have become the latest big companies to signal a major switch to working from...

The government has sold a £1.1bn chunk of NatWest taking its holding in the state-backed bank to less than 60%. NatWest, then known as...

The chief executive of Asda is preparing to step down weeks after it completed a £6.8bn takeover deal, paving the way for new leadership...

The US central bank has raised expectations of a faster recovery from the coronavirus crisis, signalling it will allow the economy to run hot...

New rules to end ‘rewards for failure’ in boardrooms are to be unveiled by ministers this week with the release of a long-awaited white...

The payments giant Visa is to hike fees for purchases made by UK-based customers from most of Europe – stoking fears of higher prices...