One of the architects of the Post Office Horizon accounting system has admitted there were “discreet” bugs but it generally “worked well”, dismissing suggestions he had...
Weekly wages have increased by just £16 in 14 years when inflation is factored in, according to research from living-standards think tank the Resolution Foundation. Workers...
Investors in Getir, the food delivery group which is abandoning its UK operations, have approved a break-up of the company that will trigger a fresh capital...
Voters have been left in the dark over how the major parties will be able to fund their spending commitments, a respected thinktank has said, offering...
A pack of trade and private equity suitors are circling Evri, one of Britain’s biggest parcel delivery companies. Sky News has learnt that Apollo Global Management...
Blackstone, one of the world’s biggest private equity firms, is in advanced talks to buy a stake in Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the owner of some...
Around 1,500 workers at Tata Steel will hold an “all-out indefinite strike” next month, a union has announced. The industrial action at the company’s sites in...
The former head of a union for sub-postmasters has denied it became “too close” to the Post Office and was “flush with money”. George Thomson, formerly...
Government borrowing was less than expected in May, new figures have revealed. Net borrowing – the difference between public sector spending and income – was £15bn,...
Microsoft has regained the title of the world’s most valuable public company just days after it was overtaken by one of its rivals. Computer chip maker...
Some of the UK’s most popular sunscreens have failed safety tests – but cheaper alternatives from Aldi and Lidl passed with flying colours. Which? examined the...
Retail sales rose by a better-than-expected 2.9% in May as increased footfall, better weather and deals saw shoppers return to high streets, according to officials. It...
TikTok has launched a long-awaited legal fight to stop its Chinese owner being forced to sell the short video platform’s US operations, arguing it violates Americans’...
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 5.25% for the seventh time in a row. The decision to maintain the cost of borrowing comes...
The future of new oil and gas projects in the UK has been thrown into doubt following a landmark decision by the Supreme Court. The court...
Sainsbury’s is to sell most of its banking business to NatWest. The high street lender will gain approximately one million new accounts from the deal. NatWest...
A care home operator which once ranked among the largest in Britain is being put up for sale in a move expected to fetch about £300m....
Boeing should be fined almost $25bn and face criminal proceedings over two fatal 737 MAX 8 crashes, according to relatives of some of the 346 victims...
Wall Street’s biggest bank is lifting Brussels’ bonus cap for its London-based staff, weeks after rival Goldman Sachs fired the starting gun on a post-Brexit era...
UK inflation has eased to 2% – increasing the prospect of an interest rate cut within months. The consumer prices index (CPI) rate for the year...