The competition regulator is to investigate the dominance of Amazon and Microsoft in the UK’s cloud market. It follows a study by the telecoms watchdog Ofcom...
Rents have again reached a new record high with monthly bills outside London averaging £1,278, according to property website Rightmove. Average advertised rents outside the capital...
Rishi Sunak has confirmed the long-rumoured decision to scrap the northern leg of HS2 . Reports the planned high speed rail line would end in Birmingham...
Thousands of rail workers and train drivers are going on strike this month – with an overtime ban beginning from Monday and mass disruption expected from...
Fuel retailers have dismissed claims that drivers are being overcharged following a surge in pump prices. Data released by the RAC on Wednesday showed an 8p...
Superdry, the struggling London-listed fashion retailer, is close to striking a partnership with India’s biggest retailer that will release tens of millions of pounds to bolster...
Food prices have dropped for the first month in more than two years, according to an industry lobby group that says food inflation is now in...
Employers must be clear with their staff about the use of workplace monitoring, the UK’s privacy watchdog has warned. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) says...
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the petrochemicals billionaire, is contemplating buying a minority stake in Manchester United Football Club rather than seeking full control, in an effort to...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will reiterate the government’s commitments to make benefits sanctions harsher in a speech today – while also committing to raising the national living...
Water companies are making their case for a hike to annual household bills of up to £156 in the second half of the decade, to tackle...
The prominent financier Jonathan Rowland is to take the challenger bank he co-founded six years ago onto the London stock market through a reverse takeover of...
Top Tories are setting out their policies as the Conservative Party conference kicks off in Manchester – with levelling up, immigration and the next general election...
A ban on single-use plastic plates and cutlery and certain types of polystyrene cups and containers comes into force in England on Sunday. It follows a...
The owner of Beds.co.uk and furniture retailer Cox & Cox has swooped to buy Victoria Plum, one of the UK’s best-known bathroom sellers. Sky News understands...
The German media giant which publishes Die Welt, one of Europe’s leading newspapers, has joined the race to buy The Daily Telegraph and its Sunday sister...
The UK is no longer lagging behind in the G7 group of wealthy countries as revised figures show economic growth was bigger than first thought. The...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ analysis that the UK’s tax burden is the largest since the Second World War puts into historical context what has been...
Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure to provide support for millions of households expected to struggle with energy costs this winter. More than 140 charities and...
Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson have overseen the largest set of tax rises since the Second World War, according to economic analysis. The Institute for Fiscal...