Business

Water companies in England and Wales have been told they will not be allowed to impose the hikes to bills they have demanded, the...

A prominent financial technology company part-owned by Legal & General (L&G) is in talks about a merger that would create one of Britain’s biggest...

Card payments at major high street shops like Asda, Sainsbury’s, and petrol stations across the UK appeared to crash this morning. Shoppers reported being...

Ofwat’s determination that customer bills must rise 21% on average to keep the water industry afloat amounts to an admission of a torrent of...

Passengers are entitled to compensation for a flight cancelled due to airline staff illness, the UK’s highest court has ruled. “Tens of thousands” of...

Low-carbon energy sources are not growing sufficiently quickly to keep up with energy demand – but global demand for oil will peak next year....

The new environment secretary has summoned the bosses of most of Britain’s water companies for urgent talks amid signs that Labour will take a...

The UK has launched a multi-billion pound national wealth fund to power green invest and infrastructure development in an effort to grow the economy....

Dyson has revealed plans for 1,000 job losses in the UK. The manufacturer of innovative vacuum cleaners and other products said the cuts, which...

Crisis-hit Thames Water has warned its cash remains on track to run dry by the end of May next year due to a lack...

Card spending fell last month for the first time in more than three years, according to Barclays. It’s the first time there’s been a...

Rachel Reeves has announced mandatory housing targets and an end to the onshore wind ban to get “Britain building again”. The UK’s first ever...

Boeing has secured a new plea deal to resolve a fresh US criminal investigation linked to two fatal 737 MAX crashes that will see...

The founder of Revolut is to cash in part of his multibillion dollar stake in the company as part of a $500m (£391m) share...

One of the advertising gurus who helped propel Margaret Thatcher to power is weighing the formation of a consortium to bid for The Daily...

Financial markets are giving their first reaction to the early evidence of a record-breaking win for Labour in the general election. A respected exit...

Cineworld is drawing up plans to axe dozens of British cinemas as part of a radical restructuring that would also include extensive rent cuts....

Fraud groups take billions of dollars a year out of the music industry through fake streams, a streaming technology company has warned. At least...

A former chair of the Post Office has told the Horizon IT scandal inquiry that in-house lawyers advised him against sharing a report he...