Britain’s power system operator has ordered two of four emergency coal-fired generators to produce electricity for the first time this winter to help...
Business
The head of the manufacturing sector’s lobby group has demanded a “reset” in the UK’s relationship with the European Union, claiming...
When Amish Patel followed his father into the pharmacy business, he hoped it would be a job for life. But with the cost of everything from medicines to energy...
One in seven people (15%) have skipped meals amid the rising cost of living – up from one in eight (12%) three months ago, according to a consumer...
The director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Tony Danker has stepped aside from the role while the business lobby group investigates...
Grant Shapps is facing fresh calls to overhaul the energy regulator’s powers amid growing fears for hospitality businesses’ ability to withstand...
Starbucks has announced plans to open 100 new stores in the UK over the next 12 months as part of a Europe-wide investment programme. The US coffee chain...
Hundreds of thousands of the UK’s smallest businesses risk going under this year as costs keep rising, a report has revealed. The owners of nearly one in...
Foxtons Group, the listed estate agency chain, is snapping up a London-based rival as it continues its assault on the capital’s lettings market. Sky News...
Gousto, the food delivery service backed by Joe Wicks, the celebrity fitness instructor, has become embroiled in a bitter corporate governance row after...
An arm of the Wall Street behemoth Goldman Sachs is among the suitors hoping to take a mouthful of Subway, the global sandwich chain which has been put up for...
A London-listed company with a valuation of close to £1bn is preparing to list its shares in the US amid an intensifying debate about the waning attractiveness...
A major Cambridge-based microchip designer has decided not to list on the London Stock Exchange, despite lobbying from three UK prime ministers. Arm, the...
Support for energy bills from the government is expected to continue for three months from April, protecting consumers from an average increase of £500. Sky...
More than three in four mothers (76%) who pay for childcare say it no longer makes financial sense for them to work, a survey of thousands of parents has found...
Chip giant Arm is the jewel in the crown of the UK technology sector. The company, formed in Cambridge in the early years of the personal computer age...
