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The UK competition regulator has warned Topp Tiles’ purchase of 30 rival shops could make prices more expensive and services worse. On Monday the...

The private equity backer of Motor Fuel Group (MFG), one of Britain’s biggest petrol forecourt empires, is exploring the sale of a stake in...

Crisis-hit Thames Water has launched a bid to charge its customers more over the next five years than the industry regulator will allow, arguing...

Regulators have proposed sweeping changes for the baby formula industry, saying high prices and branding are leading to “poor outcomes” for parents. The Competition...

Deep under the Bank of England, in a network of vaults into which cameras are rarely admitted, sits the world’s second biggest known trove...

The number of first-time buyers rose by almost a fifth last year, according to data from Halifax. The bank said 2024 saw 341,068 people...

The world’s biggest theme park operator has begun exploring a sale of some of its aquarium assets as it seeks to prioritise investment in...

Yes there are all sorts of provisos. The UK economy is still flatlining. A 0.1% expansion is about as close as you can get...

The government is continuing to put Post Office victims through “hell” in their fight for redress, Sir Alan Bates has told Sky News. More...

The UK economy grew fractionally during the final three months of 2024, according to early official figures, which ease the immediate risk of a...

The boss of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) has said she is “appalled and disgusted” by the sex trafficking claims against her predecessor Mike Jeffries....

Heathrow is set to announce a multibillion-pound expansion plan to create extra capacity at the airport – as it prepares its proposal for a...

The entrepreneur who masterminded Deliveroo’s evolution into one of Britain’s biggest consumer technology businesses is preparing to hand over the reins to a new...

A member of the Bank of England’s rate-setting committee has made a case for a steeper cut to interest rates on expectations that an...

Octopus Energy Group is wading into the battle for the future of Britain’s biggest water company as part of a consortium which includes the...

OpenAI’s chief executive and co-founder has told Sky News that his platform is “not for sale” after a group led by Elon Musk launched...

Donald Trump has signed two proclamations imposing 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports to the US. A proclamation is a form of...

A group led by Elon Musk has made a $97.4bn (£78.7bn) bid to buy OpenAI just months after the X owner sued the artificial...

Few materials matter quite as much as steel and aluminium. Steel, an alloy of iron and carbon, is the main metallic ingredient in the...