Business

A developer of AI-driven software used by the defence and intelligence communities and backed by a fund which employs the former defence secretary, Sir...

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has warned investors it is facing a £300m hit to trading profits as a result of last month’s ransomware attack....

The pace of inflation surged last month to an annual rate of 3.5%, its highest level in more than a year, according to official...

The boss of one of the UK’s biggest banks says it is being attacked “all the time” by online criminals and he is kept...

The steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta is mounting a last-ditch bid to salvage his British operations after seeing an emergency plea for government support rejected....

Energy bills are set to fall from this July and will continue to drop in the autumn and winter, a forecaster has said. Households...

The publisher of the Daily Mail has held talks in recent days about taking a minority stake in the Telegraph newspapers as part of...

The UK and the EU have agreed a new trade deal – five years after Brexit kicked in. Following six months of talks after...

Europe’s largest airline has seen annual earnings drop by 16% after cutting air fares – but revealed a price hike as it seeks to...

The UK and the EU have agreed a new post-Brexit reset trade deal after months of negotiations. A UK government source said: “All in...

A music video-streaming service whose shareholders include the U2 bassist Adam Clayton will this week announce that it has sealed a management buyout after...

Quintessentially, the luxury concierge service founded by the Queen’s nephew, is in talks to find a buyer months after it warned of “material uncertainty”...

Adele, the Grammy award-winning artist, has joined the list of music superstars investing in Audoo, a music technology company which helps artists to receive...

The King’s personal fortune has shot up by £30m to put him on par with Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty, while the...

One of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges has suffered a cyber attack that could cost it $400m (£301m). Hackers breached account data of a...

The Italian-owned producer of some of Britain’s most popular food brands has hired bankers to prepare the ground for a London stock market float....

The Treasury is preparing to kick off a search for a new boss of Britain’s prudential financial watchdog – one of the world’s key...

The UK economy showed strong growth in the first three months of the year, according to official figures. Gross domestic product (GDP) – the...

These are punchy gross domestic product (GDP) numbers and no mistake. Growth of 0.7% in the first quarter is not just strong; it’s stronger...