Business

Four people have been charged in connection with the collapse of Patisserie Valerie – a bakery chain that once had almost 200 stores. The...

The UK economy contracted by 0.5% in July, according to early official figures showing a hit from strikes and wet summer weather. The Office...

The head of BP has suddenly resigned following allegations over “personal relationships with colleagues”. Bernard Looney’s departure as chief executive of the British energy...

A deal has been struck for the owners of Poundland to take over the leases of up to 71 Wilko stores. The Pepco Group...

A boost in household spending power has been revealed as basic wage growth in July outstripped the rate of inflation for the first time...

A Sky News investigation into potentially misleading and confusing boiler marketing involving the use of hydrogen in home heating has prompted several companies to...

A further 9,100 Wilko employees will be made redundant by early October, administrators have said. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) failed to reach a deal to save...

BMW is to build its next generation of electric Minis in Oxford after securing £75m in taxpayer support from the government. It comes as...

An electric car leasing company which raised tens of millions of pounds from backers such as Legal & General (L&G) has crashed into administration....

All 400 branches of collapsed retailer Wilko will close by early October with the “likely” loss of all 12,500 jobs at the chain, according...

BMW says it is confident the European Commission will ease regulations that would leave a new generation of electric Minis made at its Cowley...

Fears intensified on Monday morning over thousands of high street job losses at Wilko, the stricken value retailer, when a rescue deal involving the...

BMW is to build its next-generation electric Mini in Oxford after securing millions of pounds in taxpayer support from the government. The German-headquartered car...

A British-based sleep technology business is being put up for sale by its London-listed owner in a deal that could fetch tens of millions...

Insolvency firms face being formally regulated for the first time under reforms to be announced next week that will nevertheless fall short of a...

The owner of Cafe Rouge is in talks to buy Chiquito’s and Frankie and Benny’s, two of Britain’s best-known restaurant chains. Sky News has...

The supermarket chain Wm Morrison is in talks about a £2bn deal to offload one of Britain’s biggest petrol forecourts empires. Sky News has learnt...

The CBI, once Britain’s most influential business organisation, is facing an urgent cash crunch as it races to cut costs and seal a potential...

The government’s green energy plans have been dealt a blow after firms snubbed an auction for contracts to run new offshore wind sites, sparking...