Three is a trend, so the saying goes. So news of two more big company demergers today, hot on the heels of the three-way break-up of...
Drugs firm AstraZeneca has said it plans to start earning a “modest” profit from its COVID-19 vaccine having previously sold it at cost. The Anglo-Swedish company...
The economy is recovering, but the pace of that recovery is diminishing – that’s the big picture from today’s gross domestic product statistics. However, the UK...
Britain’s economic growth slowed to 1.3% in the third quarter, official figures show. It meant that gross domestic product (GDP) remained 2.1% lower than pre-pandemic levels,...
Elon Musk has sold shares on his company’s stock worth $5 billion (£3.73 billion) after promising to abide by a Twitter poll. The Tesla chief executive...
The annual rate of inflation in the US has hit its highest level in more than three decades, fed by faster than expected rises in the...
Some of the world’s largest car manufacturers and vehicle producing nations will not sign a global deal to cut new car emissions by 2040, dealing a...
Supermarket price inflation has reached its highest level for more than a year – adding to cost of living pressures – according to industry figures. Grocery...
Small nuclear reactors will get a £210 million government investment boost in the hope of moving to clean household energy “more quickly”. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng...
JD Sports has said it is not “suspicious or illegitimate” for its executive chairman Peter Cowgill to meet his opposite number at rival Footasylum – as...
An investment vehicle which began building a stake in the London-listed gambling software group Playtech earlier this year is weighing plans for a £3bn takeover of...
Elon Musk has asked his 62.5 million Twitter followers whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock. The Tesla CEO launched the poll in response...
Abrdn, the FTSE-100 asset manager, is in advanced talks to buy Interactive Investor (II) for more than £1.5bn – a deal that will hand it control...
The UK’s five biggest supermarkets will try to halve the environmental impact of a weekly food shop by the end of the decade. It is the...
Brexit is done, and for many, there’s genuine relief it’s over. But ongoing disagreements and post-treaty disputes are having real world costs to businesses who say...
The owner of British Airways has placed its hopes for a return to profitability on strong demand for transatlantic travel after posting a loss for its...
Liberty Steel boss Sanjeev Gupta has been criticised in a report by MPs looking into the crisis that engulfed the company, as well as the future...
The Bank of England has surprised investors and economists by leaving interest rates on hold at 0.1% for at least another month. However, the Bank used...
The Bank of England will decide today on whether to raise interest rates for the first time in three years. Speculation has been growing that Bank...
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has declared a “watershed” moment in financing the world’s move to net zero following news that $130 trillion of...