The boss of Britain’s biggest rail workers union has insisted strikes have been a “success” – despite no pay deal being agreed yet...
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As food inflation rises to 19.2%, its highest rate in 42 years, the European Central Bank has suggested it could be down to, in part, businesses profiteering...
The owner of British Gas is facing criticism from a leading City investor over the multimillion pound pay package handed to its chief executive after...
House prices fell by 3.4% year-on-year in May, according to one of the UK’s biggest mortgage lenders. Data from Nationwide building society also showed a...
CBI members are to begin voting today on the future of the business lobby group, following a series of scandals. The organisation was plunged into disarray...
Rail passengers are set to suffer fresh travel disruption over the next few days due to more strikes in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions...
Longer lorries are now allowed on Britain’s roads to enable more goods to be carried on fewer journeys. This is despite fears about the risks for...
Having made tackling inflation a key policy aim, ministers are under pressure to get a grip on food prices, which are still rising at a robust pace. Among the...
Artificial intelligence poses a similar risk of human extinction as pandemics and nuclear war, experts have warned. The boss of the firm behind ChatGPT, the...
Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has begun her prison sentence in Texas. Holmes, 39, is due to spend the next 11 years behind bars for overseeing an...
Asda’s chairman has said supermarkets are owed a “debt of gratitude” as he dismissed talk of capping prices as “rather backward...
Asda’s chairman has said supermarkets are owed a “debt of gratitude” as he dismissed talk of capping prices as “rather backward...
The board of the CBI has drafted in lawyers to prepare for a prospective insolvency filing ahead of a crunch vote by thousands of its members next week. Sky...
Asda owners to buy petrol stations giant EG, creating company with combined revenues of nearly £30bn
Asda Group says it will acquire petrol station operator EG Group’s UK and Ireland business, creating a company with combined revenues of nearly £30bn...
Food inflation in the UK has slowed from April’s record-breaking rise – but is still up more than 15% on the year, new retail figures show...
Only a third of UK hospitality businesses are optimistic about their future due to high energy prices and rising food costs, industry bosses have warned. Pub...
