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Europe’s biggest privately owned cinema operator has lined up financial backing from its new shareholders to help assemble a takeover tilt at Cineworld, its...

Britain’s biggest luxury yacht-builder is being sold to new private equity backers 15 years after it last changed hands. Sky News has learnt that...

The crisis engulfing MJ Hudson, the stricken asset management services provider, will deepen on Monday when it discloses that its auditor has resigned. Sky...

Hunter Boot, the royal warrant-holding footwear brand, is close to landing a multimillion-pound funding lifeline that could pave the way for an outright sale....

Castore, the British sportswear brand backed by Sir Andy Murray, is in talks with investors about a $200m fundraising as it intensifies its battle...

Sales of used cars fell by 8.5% last year, according to industry figures highlighting a squeeze on stocks. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and...

The economy narrowly avoided recession in the second half of last year, according to early official figures, despite growth going into a sharp reverse...

Takeaway delivery platform Deliveroo has announced it is to cut roughly 350 jobs, equivalent to about 9% of the company workforce. Roles across the...

The UK has paid £2.3bn to the EU after losing a long-running trade dispute, with the amount including £1bn in interest. The government announced...

The governor of the Bank of England has told MPs that its forecasts for inflation to more than halve this year are at risk...

The company behind many popular consumer brands including Marmite and Magnum ice creams has said it expects price growth to ease later this year...

Around 7,000 jobs are to go at Disney – about 3.6% of the workforce – as a multi-billion dollar cost saving restructuring was announced...

Twitter has announced that subscribers to its premium Blue service can now post longer tweets – but the news has been overshadowed by technical...

Fixating on the short-term damage caused by Brexit is a “fake conversation”, the new Business and Trade Secretary has said, adding that it will...

The UK’s competition watchdog has moved a step closer to potentially blocking Microsoft’s planned $69bn (£56bn) takeover of Call of Duty gaming firm Activision....

The boss of the UK’s largest gas supplier, Norway’s Equinor, has warned it will be difficult to further increase output after ramping up production...

The UK will avoid tipping into recession this year but a greater number of homes – one-in-four – will struggle to pay elevated bills,...

McDonald’s has signed a legal agreement with the equality watchdog amid concerns over how it has handled sexual harassment complaints made by UK staff....

BP has revealed it is to miss a key climate goal while announcing record annual profits. The London-based firm said its main measure, underlying...