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Water company United Utilities has reported hundreds of millions in profit as it seeks to further increase customer bills. The utility serving seven million...

Pension “mega funds” will be created under government plans to increase infrastructure investment. Reforms could “unlock £80bn” of investment, according to Treasury plans, which...

Consumer rights group Which? is suing Apple for £3bn over the way it deploys the iCloud. If the lawsuit succeeds, around 40 million Apple...

The jobs of more than half of the workforce at the DIY chain Homebase are at risk after the retailer’s owners called in administrators...

A union representing Post Office staff has lashed out at proposals that could result in 115 branch closures and significantly more than 1,000 workers...

The Post Office has announced that more than a hundred larger crown branches – those owned by the company directly – could close with...

P&O Ferries spent more than £47m summarily sacking hundreds of seafarers in 2022, helping it cut losses by more than £125m and putting it...

Crisis-hit Thames Water says it has received enough support from its creditors to potentially secure up to £3bn in emergency funding. The UK’s biggest...

Some of Britain’s biggest retailers have warned the chancellor that last month’s budget will stoke inflation in the economy and spark job losses as...

The Post Office is drawing up plans to close dozens of branches and axe hundreds of head office jobs as it tries to place...

The UK’s jobless rate has risen by more than expected, raising questions over whether the new government’s early warnings on the state of the...

Shell has won its appeal against a climate court ruling that it must sharply reduce its carbon emissions. The oil and gas producer went...

Every week in our Money blog, we answer questions about your financial problems or consumer disputes. This week, a reader asked what rights they...

Struggling Metro Bank has been fined £16m for poor money laundering controls. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the challenger bank failed to have...

There has been no discussion of how much Fujitsu, the maker of the faulty Post Office software Horizon, should contribute to compensating its victims,...

The steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta is to seek court approval for a restructuring of the bulk of its remaining operations in Britain. Sky News...

Direct Line has revealed a cost-cutting plan that is expected to lead to 550 job losses. The insurer, whose brands also include Churchill and...

The UK could be spared the impact of Donald Trump’s proposed trade tariff increases on foreign imports, a US governor has told Sky News....

The Bank of England has forecast Rachel Reeves’s first budget as chancellor will increase inflation by up to half a percentage point over the...