Business

When South East Water (SEW) is in the news, the headlines do not generally make for comfortable reading. While the water and sewerage industry...

Britain is “firmly on track” to meet its clean power targets for 2030, according to the government following a record offshore wind auction. It...

MPs have warned that recent and upcoming policies could be the final nail in the coffin for many pubs, as the Commons backed an...

The governor of the Bank of England has joined a chorus of opposition to the treatment of his US counterpart following revelations he is...

Donald Trump has announced fresh tariffs on Iran’s trading partners in an apparent response to the rising number of people killed during recent protests....

A hostile takeover bid for media giant Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has ratcheted up with entertainment conglomerate Paramount taking legal action to force the...

Financial markets have taken fright amid a resumption of the row over US central bank independence between its chair and the Trump administration. It...

WH Smith, the London-listed travel retail group, is drawing up plans to identify a new chairman amid a battle to restore investors’ faith in...

The company behind London’s Pride parade recorded a £120,726 loss in 2024, latest accounts show. The entity that runs the capital’s annual LGBT+ event...

A UAE-based steel company has made an approach to buy Britain’s third-biggest steel producer, months after it was declared “hopelessly insolvent” and fell into...

Oil sits at the heart of Donald Trump’s Venezuelan gamble. Within a day of the US operation which ousted President Nicolas Maduro, Trump made...

The owner of The Very Group, one of Britain’s biggest online shopping platforms, is to launch a £2bn auction of the company just months...

Glencore has confirmed a resumption of talks with FTSE 100 rival Rio Tinto that could lead to the creation of the world’s largest mining...

The UK’s largest supermarket chain had its busiest days ever over Christmas, reporting “strong” growth thanks to sales of fresh food as customers sought...

More than £30,000 of taxpayer money has been spent on creating a new logo for nationalised rail services, Sky News can reveal. Transport Secretary...

A fibre broadband network provider backed by an arm of Aviva, the FTSE-100 insurer, is in merger talks with a rival amid growing financial...

The owner of Waterstones is close to hiring bankers to work on a multibillion-pound listing of the transatlantic bookseller. Sky News has learnt that...

The board of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has urged its shareholders to reject an amended hostile bid by Paramount Skydance while maintaining its unanimous...

Donald Trump has announced Venezuela’s interim government will be “turning over” between 30 and 50 million barrels of “high quality” oil to the US....