The triple lock for state pensions has led to an extra £11bn being spent on the benefit per year, new research has shown. A report by...
The CBI, the embattled employers’ lobbying group, is in talks with Make UK, the manufacturers’ body, about areas of potential collaboration in what some observers believe...
The competition watchdog is to launch a review into the UK’s £2bn veterinary industry following concerns that pet owners are not getting value for money. The...
The UK will rejoin the European Union’s flagship Horizon science programme after two years of absence post-Brexit, the government has confirmed. Number 10 said the move...
Smart home devices, including appliances like washing machines, demand unnecessarily large amounts of user data that could end up in the hands of social media and...
A top Aldi executive has told Sky News that a surge in demand for its offering during the cost of living crisis to date has prompted...
Energy industry leaders have warned the UK could fall behind a key target for new offshore wind power ahead of the results of a government auction...
The governor of the Bank of England has told MPs that interest rates may not rise much further amid expectations that inflation is set to fall...
Rick Haythornthwaite, the City grandee who has chaired companies including Centrica and Network Rail, is being lined up as the new chairman of NatWest Group in...
The boss of the UK’s largest household energy supplier has been forced to defend record profits amid warnings of worse times ahead for household bills this...
A vast trust that would plough £1,000 pots of cash from birth into long-term UK investments is among the ideas that will be floated this week...
The locations of 52 Wilko stores that will close after failing to secure a rescue deal have been revealed by administrators. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which was appointed...
The price of petrol in the UK could soon rise further after the cost of oil jumped to its highest level this year. Brent crude climbed...
Another 1,332 redundancies at collapsed retailer Wilko have been confirmed despite a deal to snap up more than 50 of its branches. It comes after administrators...
Jeremy Hunt will set out his next budget on 22 November, the chancellor has told MPs. He has commissioned an Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast, which...
It is one of the great set-piece moments in the US industrial calendar. At the start of pay negotiations, which take place every four years ahead...
Ian King speaks to our city editor Mark Kleinman about Wilko’s latest lifeline. Plus, hear from the director of insight at the British Retail Consortium about...
A healthcare entrepreneur who ranks among Britain’s richest people and whose company has had close ties to the government has handed a £5m donation to the...
Labour’s Rachel Reeves has opened up a clear lead over the Conservatives’ Jeremy Hunt when voters are asked who should be the next chancellor of the...
Wilko’s administrators have offloaded 51 Wilko stores to B&M but the discount retailer is yet to confirm whether workers at the sites will be retained. Sky...