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Lola’s Cupcakes, the bakery chain which has become a familiar presence at commuter rail stations and in major shopping centres, is in advanced talks...

UK economic growth slowed as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit and businesses grappled with higher costs, official figures show. A measure of everything...

Fashion accessories chain Claire’s is set to appoint administrators for its UK and Ireland business – putting around 2,150 jobs at risk. The move...

The average two-year mortgage rate has fallen below 5% for the first time since the Liz Truss mini-budget. The interest rate charged on a...

For around 700,000 teenagers on the treadmill that is the English education system, the A and T-level results that drop this week may be...

Ministers have lined up insolvency practitioners to prepare for the potential collapse of Thames Water, Britain’s biggest water utility. Sky News can exclusively reveal...

The world’s two largest economies, the US and China, have again extended the deadline for tariffs to come into effect. A last-minute executive order...

The rate of wage rises in the UK continued to slow as the number of job vacancies and people in work fell, according to...

Every week, our Money blog team finds the answer to a reader’s financial problem or consumer dispute. Here’s our latest… My husband is freelance...

The UK’s biggest independent toy retailer is being taken from private ownership and will be owned by its employees, who will share in the...

At a community food table in Staffordshire, produce is being handed out for free. “I need to come here otherwise we’d be living on...

The long-term lease to the O2, London’s best-known live entertainment venue, has been sold to Britain’s biggest pensions insurance specialist. Sky News understands a...

Sir Martin Sorrell, the advertising mogul, has received a number of merger approaches for S4 Capital, the London-listed marketing services group he founded seven...

The owners of Visma, one of Europe’s biggest software companies, are close to hiring bankers for a £16bn flotation that would rank among the...

The American investment giant Carlyle is preparing to take control of Very Group, one of Britain’s biggest online retailers, in a deal that will...

What do we do about the non-doms?  It’s a question more than a handful of people have been asking themselves at the Treasury lately....

The economy is stagnating and job losses are mounting. Now is the time to cut interest rates again. That was the view of the...

The Bank of England has cut the interest rate for the fifth time in a year to 4% but warned that climbing food prices...

Donald Trump has announced 100% tariffs on computer chips and semiconductors made outside the US. The move threatens to increase the cost of electronics...