Business

Morrisons has warned it expects “industry-wide” price rises ahead and revealed some product shortages while reporting half-year results showing a 43% slump in profits....

Britain’s economic recovery is expected to slow over coming months thanks to staff shortages and supply chain disruption, according to a new forecast from...

Halfords has become the latest big name company to report a hit to sales from supply chain disruption, warning its struggles may take time...

Sir Martin Sorrell’s construction of a second global marketing services empire will take another step forward on Wednesday with the acquisition of a Los...

National Insurance contributions will rise by 1.25% to pay for the social care system in England in a bid to end the “unpredictable and...

Restaurant spending edged higher for the first time since the start of the pandemic in August according data from Barclaycard pointing to a bumper...

A leading business lobby group has warned the government that the crisis resulting from the shortage of workers in key jobs could take up...

Luke Johnson, one of Britain’s best-known leisure entrepreneurs, is adding to his collection of e-commerce businesses by snapping up a leading online retailer of...

Almost 50 stores per day closed down across the UK during the first half of the year, research suggests. Some 8,739 outlets went out...

Street markets and pub marquees could become permanent features for the hospitality industry, under an extension of the pandemic regulations planned by the government....

Manchester United Football Club is closing in on the appointment of an internal successor to Ed Woodward, its long-standing boss. Sky News has learnt...

Retail giant Ikea says at least 1,000 of its product lines have been disrupted by the shortage of lorry drivers. It is the latest...

Price rises for consumers are “inevitable” as a consequence of the HGV driver shortage, the boss of Iceland has warned. Almost 50,000 drivers have...

The recruitment industry has warned that the end of the furlough scheme this month is unlikely to put much of a dent in the...

Ryanair said it flew 11.1 million passengers in August – three-quarters of the number it carried on the same month in 2019 before the...

Wizz Air is to require all its flights crews to be vaccinated against coronavirus by December, but is yet to clarify if those who...

Wetherspoons has become the latest well-known business to experience supply shortages, with some of its beers not available. A spokesman said the pub chain’s...

Rising wages and huge demand for HGV drivers has led to unprecedented numbers of people seeking training for licences, according to Britain’s largest private...

Ryanair’s chief executive has told Sky News the UK should scrap its “bizarre” rules governing foreign travel, saying they are holding the country’s economy...