Business

The owner of fashion chains Whistles and Phase Eight is in advanced talks to buy White Stuff, another prominent high street clothing retailer. Sky...

Public investment in new technologies and the energy transition is “badly needed” to drive growth in the UK and prevent the national debt rising...

The energy supplier which rescued rival Bulb after its collapse in 2021 has repaid the final tranche of government support provided to secure the...

The Treasury is on track to complete the sale of the taxpayer’s stake in NatWest Group as early as the spring of next year...

A new commission is to investigate Britain’s troubled water industry in a bid to tackle sewage pollution, “broken” infrastructure, and toughen up weak regulators....

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries has been arrested on sex trafficking charges, a spokesperson for federal prosecutors has said. Matthew Smith, Jeffries’...

GoCardless, the digital payments platform, is to become the third British fintech in as many months to orchestrate a share sale that will result...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its projection for UK growth this year by 0.4% to 1.1% – the largest upward revision for...

Government borrowing is at its highest since the pandemic due to public sector pay rises and the high cost of borrowing, official figures show....

Water companies across England and Wales are asking for bills to be made even higher than they first requested, with one company seeking an...

Overhauling workers’ rights could cost businesses around £5bn a year, the government has said. The Employment Rights Bill, which aims to tackle low pay...

The breakaway international golf tour funded by Saudi Arabia’s vast wealth is to stage its first event in India early next year amid its...

Bonuses to water company bosses rose this year to £9.1m – despite record sewage discharges and financial woes at some utilities. Executives from English...

A former Microsoft executive is being lined up as the next chairman of Ocado Group, the online grocery technology provider. Sky News has learnt...

While having the odd bet on your football team to win at the weekend sounds like a bit of harmless fun, it could actually...

The prospects of a rescue deal being struck for a British hypersonic aviation pioneer appeared to recede this weekend when it emerged that talks...

Ministers are exploring plans to hand ownership of the Post Office to thousands of sub-postmasters across Britain in an historic shake-up at the 364...

Tony Danker, the former director-general of the CBI, is to receive in the region of £500,000 from the business lobbying group in a settlement...

The founder of BrewDog has claimed that entrepreneurs will abandon Britain if capital gains tax is increased. James Watt, the founder of the brewery...