Consumers spent less in shops as wet weather dampened demand for typical seasonal goods in July, latest figures show. Total UK retail sales increased 1.5%...
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One of Britain’s biggest housebuilders is planning widespread redundancies and the closure of two regional divisions as it battles a slump in demand from...
Food prices may not fall at all, the chief economist at the Bank of England has said. The cost of sustenance “could still remain higher than it...
House prices fell by 2.4% in the year up to July – but there are signs the market is showing ‘resilience’, according to the Halifax. The fall...
Barbie might be synonymous with pink – but her film is now firmly in the green, with more than $1bn (£784m) in box office sales worldwide. The smash hit...
A leading private equity investor is among the suitors circling Nicotinell, the anti-smoking aid which has been earmarked for sale by its FTSE-100 owner. Sky...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has promised to investigate unlawful bank closures after the chancellor warned the practice could be...
One of Britain’s biggest lenders to small businesses is hatching plans for a £3.5bn tie-up with the Co-operative Bank. Sky News has learnt that Shawbrook...
A final decision is in sight for Microsoft’s protracted bid to acquire the maker of Call Of Duty now that the UK’s competition regulator has closed...
An amateur rapper and her husband have pleaded guilty to attempting to launder stolen Bitcoin. Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein went to desperate lengths...
The new owner of Purplebricks, the online estate agent, is finalising plans to cut more than 100 jobs in a bid to improve its financial performance. Sky News...
The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the fourteenth successive time, lifting its official rate to 5.25%. The quarter percentage point increase was...
Higher for longer. The Bank of England may have lifted interest rates by less than a lot of people had been expecting up until recently – up by a quarter...
Most of the work done by women around the world is unpaid, according to a new Oxfam report. The charity estimates around 65% of women’s working hours are...
Viewers are switching off traditional TV at record rates, according to a new Ofcom report. With more competition than ever from streamers, the proportion of...
The Bank of England is expected to increase its interest rate for the 14th time in a row today. Economists believe a 0.25 percentage point rise – to 5...
