Business

US interest rates have been slashed for the first time in more than four years – by more than many expected – amid fears...

Nick Read is to end his torrid tenure as chief executive of the Post Office as he prepares to give evidence to the inquiry...

Tupperware, the maker of food storage containers, has filed for bankruptcy in the US. The firm, which was founded 78 years ago, said it...

One of the City’s most prominent fund management groups is heaping fresh pressure on the environmental record of Britain’s water industry by calling for...

Post Office chief executive Nick Read is to step down, Sky News understands. A formal announcement is expected imminently, sources have told Sky’s City...

There’s been no change in the rate of price rises, official inflation figures showed. The rate of inflation stood at 2.2% in August, the...

A medical technology company which produces tissue-healing surgical products has become the latest London-listed business to draw interest from buyout firms. Sky News has...

Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, will hold talks with union bosses and business leaders on Wednesday as the government pursues its ambition of...

Guardian Media Group (GMG) is in talks to sell The Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, to Tortoise Media, a start-up founded five years...

Nearly 1,400 OVO customers are to receive compensation after the energy firm was hit with a £2.37m penalty for complaint handling failures. Energy regulator...

Traffic could soon be banned from part of London’s most popular shopping area, under new plans by the capital’s mayor.  A scheme announced by...

A former Treasury official is leading the race to become the next chairman of Lloyd’s of London, one of the City’s most prestigious posts....

The iconic Belfast company that built the Titanic is to collapse into administration. Harland & Wolff has announced it is insolvent and will appoint...

Flutter Entertainment, the owner of Paddy Power, is closing in on a £2bn swoop for the consumer operations of Playtech, the gambling technology group....

The Premier League’s long-awaited hearing into Manchester City’s alleged breaches of financial rules will begin later. City, the reigning Premier League champions, face 115...

A momentous court battle over the fate of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire gets under way in Nevada today. At stake is the future of...

Legal & General, the FTSE-100 insurance and asset management giant, will this week pick a new home for Cala Group, its housebuilding subsidiary. Sky...

Babcock International, the London-listed defence contractor, is weighing a possible bid for some of the assets of Harland and Wolff, the shipbuilder which is...

A London-listed automotive components supplier has become the latest British-based company to draw overseas takeover interest after receiving a series of offers from a...