Business

Alphabet, the $1.7trn (£1.4trn) technology behemoth which owns Google, is in talks to take a stake in Monzo, one of Britain’s biggest digital retail...

Jeremy Hunt has said there is the chance to lower taxes in the autumn statement next week, arguing the economy had “turned a corner”....

The chief executive of OpenAI – the firm behind viral chatbot ChatGPT – has been ousted after the board said it no longer has...

He was a tech whizz before he left primary school, dropped out of one of America’s top universities, and appeared to be spearheading a...

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazer family are on the brink of finalising a $33-a-share deal that will see the petrochemicals tycoon acquiring a...

Retail sales took an unexpected fall last month, according to official figures suggesting a slump to COVID lockdown levels with only online operators seeing...

In the narrow lanes around Aldham in Essex the countryside is close to the English ideal. On an unseasonably warm mid-October day the fields...

The government has announced plans to remove benefits and step up monitoring of welfare recipients in an effort to bring more people into work....

Hotel Chocolat has agreed to a £534m takeover offer from Mars, the maker of goods from Snickers bars to Pedigree dog food. The UK...

Royal Mail’s parent firm says the tough economy has knocked its recovery from the bitter pay dispute with frontline staff, reporting half-year losses of...

The chancellor has been called on to freeze business rates and to extend reliefs as business lobbyists warn a failure to do so risks...

Manchester United has confirmed its chief executive of two years, Richard Arnold, “has decided to step down” as part of a “management transition”. The...

There has been a sharp decline in the rate of inflation to 4.6%, driven by a big easing in energy costs. The Office for...

The chief executive of Manchester United Football Club is to leave after just two years in the job as its owners finalise the sale...

There has been a sharp decline in the rate of inflation to 4.6%, driven by a big easing in energy costs. The Office for...

The government will this week increase the price offered to offshore wind farm developers after the total failure of its last auction round left...

Citizens Advice helped more than 8,000 people with homelessness issues in October, the highest monthly figure ever recorded. A rising number of Section 21...

The chancellor has agreed to address the CBI’s first public event since the business lobbying group was plunged into crisis earlier this year. Sky...

Roughly 500 jobs are to go at pharma giant Pfizer’s Kent site. The roles are to be cut as Pfizer is discontinuing its pharmaceutical...