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Despite “extensive” negotiations with the government, the UK’s largest bioethanol plant is to close due to the UK-US trade agreement, according to the firm...

Train journeys can be frustrating at the best of times – with passengers having to put up with delays, noisy commuters or a lack...

The government is snubbing a £25bn renewable energy project which promised to import enough solar and wind power from Morocco to meet nearly a...

Plans to better protect vital UK industries and help businesses export have been revealed by the government, as the world continues to grapple with...

Shell has denied it is in talks with BP over a possible takeover of its smaller rival. The Wall Street Journal, citing a number...

More people than ever are struggling to live on their current income – while just a third say they are living comfortably, according to...

The government has not done enough to ensure all victims entitled to compensation from the Post Office scandal have applied for it, a report...

For more than a year, we have been tracking the flow of sanctioned items out of the UK and towards Russia. Electronics equipment, radar...

Global oil costs have fallen back sharply amid hopes that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran will end the threat of disruption to crucial...

Amazon has said it will invest £40bn in the UK over the next three years as it creates thousands of jobs and opens four...

Plans to cut energy costs for thousands of businesses have been announced as part of the government’s long-awaited industrial strategy. The announcement confirms Sky...

Sam Laidlaw, the former boss of Centrica, is among the candidates being considered as the next chairman of BP, Britain’s besieged oil and gas...

Hundreds more high street jobs are being put at risk as part of a sweeping overhaul of the family-owned fashion retailer River Island. Sky...

Sir Alan Bates has called for those responsible for the wrongful convictions of sub postmasters in the Capture IT scandal to be “brought to...

Ministers are considering a commitment to cut soaring industrial energy prices for British companies to the same level enjoyed by competitors in France and...

Britain has the highest industrial electricity prices in the G7, a cost businesses say makes it impossible to compete internationally and risks “deindustrialising” the...

The Bank of England has signalled that a weakening labour market could yet trump rising global challenges to allow for more interest rate cuts...

A damning report into the faulty Post Office IT system that preceded Horizon has been unearthed after nearly 30 years – and it could...

Energy bill discounts of £150 will be extended to another 2.7 million households to help with fuel costs this winter. It brings the number...