The economy narrowly avoided recession in the second half of last year, according to early official figures, despite growth going into a sharp reverse in December...
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 Traders (SMMT)...
Takeaway delivery platform Deliveroo has announced it is to cut roughly 350 jobs, equivalent to about 9% of the company workforce. Roles across the global Deliveroo...
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 figure...
The governor of the Bank of England has told MPs that its forecasts for inflation to more than halve this year are at risk from price...
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 by chief...
The company behind many popular consumer brands including Marmite and Magnum ice creams has said it expects price growth to ease later this year but not...
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 “take time”...
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. In a...
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 last year...
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 replacement cost...
A decision on whether to introduce a so-called ‘Britcoin’ digital pound is to be made by 2025, the Treasury has announced, as a consultation paper has...
The bosses of Britain’s biggest housebuilders will hold talks with the chancellor this week as they face a multibillion-pound bill in the form of several new...
Administrators have selected a rival battery start-up based in Australia as preferred bidder for collapsed Britishvolt. EY confirmed on Monday morning that its team had chosen...
The German automotive giant BMW is in talks with the government about a £75m funding package that would secure production of electric Minis at its Oxfordshire...
One thing the energy industry agrees on in theory – if not, it turns out, in practice – is that forcing prepayment meters on vulnerable customers...
The Bank of England has hiked interest rates by 0.5 percentage points taking the base rate to 4%.
Business Secretary Grant Shapps has said he is “horrified” after claims British Gas sent debt collectors who broke into customers’ homes to install prepayment meters. It...
About 2.3 million households missed an essential payment in January – an increase of 400,000 on the month before, but similar to previous years. Essential payments...
Water bills in England and Wales will increase by the most in almost 20 years from April. The 7.5% hike will see the average customer pay...