Business

The new owner of the discount retailer Poundland has revealed proposals to close 68 stores and two distribution centres under a shake-up that will...

The UK-US trade deal has been signed and is “done”, US President Donald Trump has said as he met Sir Keir Starmer at the...

Poundland will halt rent payments at hundreds of its shops if a restructuring of the ailing discount retailer is approved by creditors later this...

The UK’s cost of living crisis hangover is facing fresh pressure from the Israel-Iran conflict and growing tensions across the Middle East. Whenever the...

The cost of rural crime in Wales is at its highest in more than a decade, a new report has revealed. Last year, rural...

Harrods is preparing to take legal action against the estate of its former owner, Mohamed al-Fayed, as the multimillion-pound legal bill for compensating his...

The high street lender Metro Bank has been approached about a private equity-backed takeover in a move that could lead to the disappearance of...

Rachel Reeves is a “gnat’s whisker” away from having to raise taxes in the autumn budget, a leading economist has warned – despite the...

As hundreds lie dead following the latest tragedy to beset a Boeing passenger plane, it is too early to determine blame. Pilot error, engine...

The FTSE 100 has secured a new record closing high after riding out a US trade war-linked slump. The index of London’s leading shares...

The UK economy shrank more than expected in April as the worst of President Trump’s tariffs hit, according to the latest official figures. The...

In the absence of detail, all we can do is read between the lines of what may or may not have been agreed in...

Rachel Reeves is setting out her spending review in the House of Commons.   It outlines how much funding individual government departments will receive over...

The chancellor will unveil the spending review at lunchtime – with plans to invest billions of pounds across the UK. However, Rachel Reeves will...

Even for those of us who follow these kinds of things on a regular basis, the spending review is, frankly, a bit of a...

This spending review is a massive deal. It’s a massive deal because of the sums of money and capital the government is about to...

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...