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Lord Cruddas, the Conservative peer, is exploring a surprise break-up of CMC Markets, the financial spread-betting firm he founded 32 years ago, into two separately listed...
A long-awaited plan for railways in the Midlands and north of England will be published next week that could see the eastern extension of HS2 from...
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...
Baby girl becomes first child in UK to be born from womb transplant
Apple’s 3-day loss in market cap swells to almost $640 billion
BYD’s new Qin L EV is off to a hot start with +10,000 sold in its first week
Tesla’s long-time top engineer launches new energy startup: Heron Power
Apple’s highest-end iPhone could see $350 price hike in U.S. on Trump tariffs, analyst predicts
Insurer Hiscox lines up chairman months after Bayesian sinking
Asian stock markets tumble – with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index suffering worst fall for 28 years
Trump’s tariffs: A negotiating tactic or the start of an ‘economic nuclear winter’?
Why the device you’re reading this on shows how Trump’s tariffs could herald one of the most painful episodes in modern times
Eco-tycoon Vince weighs sale of solar energy project
‘Atrocious’ killing of 15 aid workers by Israel must be independently investigated, Palestine Red Crescent says
His only ‘crime’ is being Venezuelan and having tattoos, says brother of man ‘thrown to the lions’ in El Salvador jail
Israeli airstrikes kill more than 30 people in Gaza – including more than a dozen women and children
Marine Le Pen may have been banished, but she can still cause trouble
King Charles to begin Italy tour with Queen Camilla after health concerns