Thames Water customers have been assured that “absolutely nothing” will happen to their bills or supply, as the heavily indebted firm scrambles to raise cash from...
A joint UK mining venture could produce enough Lithium carbonate, a crucial component in electric car batteries, to power 500,000 vehicles by the end of the...
The governor of the Bank of England, which has raised interest rates to a 15-year high, has said the UK labour market and not Brexit is...
The National Grid Electricity Systems Operator (ESO) has confirmed it will have no coal-fired power as back-up this winter, if needed, to help keep the lights...
Debt-laden Thames Water has said it is working with shareholders to secure extra cash, as ministers draw up contingency plans in the event of its collapse....
The country’s second-largest union says it has negotiated a “whopping” 17% pay deal, just days after the governor of the Bank of England urged wage restraint...
Jeremy Hunt will hold talks on Wednesday with some of the pensions industry’s top executives weeks before he unveils reforms aimed at jumpstarting retirement funds’ investment...
The revelation that ministers are considering bringing Thames Water into temporary public ownership has reopened the fierce debate over the privatisation of the country’s water industry....
Executives from the country’s biggest supermarket chains have defended their grocery prices but backed the idea of greater fuel transparency over claims customers are paying over...
Manchester United has raised its forecasts for annual revenue and profit, weeks after the club secured its place in next season’s Champions League. The club, which...
Rishi Sunak has hinted he will ignore recommendations for public sector pay rises, saying workers “need to recognise the economic context we are in”. Reports surfaced...
HSBC is set to leave its home of 20 years at 8 Canada Square in Canary Wharf, and relocate to a site near St Paul’s Cathedral...
The steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta has won a partial reprieve over attempts to force his British operations into insolvency after two winding-up petitions against them were...
More than £100m of vouchers in the government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme have still not been claimed, with only a few days to go before the...
Higher Primark prices have been credited with bolstering sales growth at the retailer, allowing its parent firm to raise its annual profit forecasts. Associated British Foods...
Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are investing in a Formula One team in their latest sporting venture. The Deadpool star, along with business partner...
The chancellor is urging a focus on rip-off charges ahead of a meeting with UK regulators this week, as stubborn inflation threatens the government’s target of...
Braemar, the London-listed shipbroker, faces being plunged into crisis as a delay to the publication of its full-year accounts threatens to trigger the suspension of its...
A logistics technology business run by a 29-year-old entrepreneur has swooped on parts of Tuffnells Parcel Express, the prominent delivery company which collapsed this month with...
There was a surprise rise in retail sales last month despite inflationary pressure and rising borrowing costs, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS)...