Business

The executive who presided over a bitter “cruises and cufflinks” row at one of Britain’s biggest wealth managers is preparing to step down. Sky...

Jeremy Hunt has told Sky News he is comfortable with Britain being plunged into recession if that’s what it takes to bring down inflation....

Britain is determined to compete in the global race for green investment, the chancellor has told Sky News, days before the expected announcement that...

The owners of Asda and petrol stations giant EG Group were on Thursday applying the finishing touches to a £10bn merger of their operations...

The chancellor has said he “is willing to do what it takes” and increase support for households if energy bills rise again this autumn....

A water company has said it will pay £10 to each of its customers after it under-reported leakages. Welsh Water says every customer will...

Scores of blue-chip companies which have suspended their membership of the CBI will be allowed to vote on the business lobby group’s future at...

The energy price cap on household bills has fallen to an annual average of £2,074 between July and September, removing some of the financial...

The owner of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook has been slapped with a record fine of €1.2bn (£1.04bn) by the Irish data protection regulator. It...

The government has sold £1.2bn of NatWest shares, reducing its ownership of the bailed out bank by nearly 3%. The state now holds a...

Ryanair has bounced back to a near-record profit fuelled by a record number of passengers. Profits reached €1.4bn (£1.2bn) for the 12 months to...

Meta is expected to face a record fine later over its transfer of Facebook’s European user data to US servers, according to reports. Reuters...

A new wave of convincing scams is “bombarding consumers from every direction”, according to consumer group Which?. The group has issued a warning about...

England captain Leah Williamson has said it’s important sportswomen have another qualification in their locker “in case anything goes wrong”. The Lioness, who led...

The government is to begin the hunt for a new boss of its flagship trade and cultural promotion campaign after the incumbent decided to...

Executives including a former director of world motorsport’s governing body and the Nectar loyalty scheme founder Sir Keith Mills are in talks to raise...

Tesco chair John Allan is to leave next month after the supermarket giant said allegations over his personal conduct “risk becoming a distraction” to...

The energy price cap is set to remain more than £1,000 higher than the average bill before the COVID pandemic, according to a closely-watched...

The government’s long awaited national semiconductor strategy has been published and met with a lukewarm response from industry amid ongoing shortages. Microchip makers, who...