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Blackstone, one of the world’s biggest private equity firms, is in advanced talks to buy a stake in Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the owner...

Around 1,500 workers at Tata Steel will hold an “all-out indefinite strike” next month, a union has announced. The industrial action at the company’s...

The former head of a union for sub-postmasters has denied it became “too close” to the Post Office and was “flush with money”. George...

Government borrowing was less than expected in May, new figures have revealed. Net borrowing – the difference between public sector spending and income –...

Retail sales rose by a better-than-expected 2.9% in May as increased footfall, better weather and deals saw shoppers return to high streets, according to...

Microsoft has regained the title of the world’s most valuable public company just days after it was overtaken by one of its rivals. Computer...

TikTok has launched a long-awaited legal fight to stop its Chinese owner being forced to sell the short video platform’s US operations, arguing it...

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 5.25% for the seventh time in a row. The decision to maintain the cost of...

The future of new oil and gas projects in the UK has been thrown into doubt following a landmark decision by the Supreme Court....

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee (MPC) was never going to cut interest rates today. Not two weeks before a general election. Cutting...

Sainsbury’s is to sell most of its banking business to NatWest. The high street lender will gain approximately one million new accounts from the...

A care home operator which once ranked among the largest in Britain is being put up for sale in a move expected to fetch...

Boeing should be fined almost $25bn (£19.6bn) and face criminal proceedings over two fatal 737 MAX 8 crashes, according to relatives of some of...

Wall Street’s biggest bank is lifting Brussels’ bonus cap for its London-based staff, weeks after rival Goldman Sachs fired the starting gun on a...

The founders of Melrose Industries, one of Britain’s most prolific and lucrative investment groups, are preparing to list a new vehicle in London next...

Alan Bates, the campaigner who highlighted the Post Office scandal, will be given a knighthood after being recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list....

Barclays will no longer sponsor Latitude, Download or Isle of Wight festivals after musicians and comedians dropped out in protest over the bank’s ties...

Tesla shareholders have approved Elon Musk’s multi-billion-dollar pay package. The package is now worth $44bn (£34bn). The package was once as much as $56bn...

Tesco says it has recorded a “strong” rise in retail sales in the latest quarter – buoyed by easing inflation. The UK’s largest supermarket...