Business

The rate of inflation in the UK rose again in June, outstripping economists’ predictions and passing the Bank of England’s stated target of 2%....

Monday night saw the three main US stock indices – the S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average – close at...

The Bank of England has done away with limits on bank dividends that were introduced during the pandemic, claiming that its stress test shows...

Firms are facing “confusing and contradictory advice” from the government about how to operate as the economy enters the final stage of reopening, it...

The Daily Mail’s founding family is plotting an offer to take the company behind Britain’s biggest-selling national newspaper private – move that would end...

Uber will this week name a former Tesco executive as the head of its European delivery arm amid a frenzy of competition in the...

Tony Hayward, the former BP chief executive, is plotting the flotation of a new ‘blank cheque’ company that will seek to capitalise on booming...

Pension watchdogs are scrutinising the collapse of Ralph & Russo, the upmarket British-based fashion brand which is now at the centre of a legal...

Business leaders say employers should be willing to be flexible on working hours on Monday, to enable football fans to celebrate England’s Euro 2020...

There was a time, in the wake of the first wave of COVID-19, that politicians and economists yearned for a V-shaped recovery – an...

The economy grew by 0.8% in May but remains 3.1% below its pre-pandemic peak, according to the Office for National Statistics. The figure was...

The chief executive of the competition watchdog is preparing to step down next year, creating a further vacancy at the helm of one of...

Holiday bookings for the winter are already slowing due to “ongoing speculation around international travel”, operator Jet 2 said as it reported a big...

Top executives at financial firms could see their pay linked to progress on diversity under measures being discussed by UK regulators. In a joint...

Greensill Capital potentially broke the rules of the government’s coronavirus emergency loan schemes, lending hundreds of millions of pounds to Sanjeev Gupta’s business empire...

Vauxhall’s parent firm has revealed a new electric vehicle future for its Ellesmere Port plant, removing a years-long threat of closure from the factory....

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that people in England will no longer be instructed to work from home from later this month. The...

Boris Johnson has confirmed that England’s so-called “Freedom Day” – initially planned for 21 June – is likely to go ahead on Monday 19...

Shares in Morrisons surged by more than 11% at Monday’s market open as investors licked their lips at the prospect of a bidding war...