The government’s Investment Summit has suffered a major blow after ports and logistics giant DP World pulled a scheduled announcement of a £1bn...
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P&O Ferries is one of the few subjects on which Britain’s political class agree. Its summary sacking of 800 British seafarers and their replacement...
Here in the UK, politicians are fixated with the level of the national debt. They fret about the fact that it is now knocking on for 100% of UK gross domestic...
The Post Office’s outgoing CEO today agreed the government is using the company as a “shield” over compensation schemes, while giving...
More than 140 London-listed companies including Fevertree Drinks, Jet2, Mothercare and YouGov have warned the chancellor that uncertainty over the continuation...
Hundreds of employees of the digital bank Monzo are being given the opportunity to sell part of their stakes in the company as its valuation soars to £4.5bn...
Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, has axed government advisers including the founder of Anya Hindmarch, the boss of Universal Music Group and a former...
The chancellor will need to raise taxes by £25bn if she wants to keep spending rising with national income, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)...
The outgoing boss of the Post Office has said he does not need to clear his name following criticism of his leadership over the Horizon IT scandal. Nick Read...
Lenders holding £12bn of Thames Water’s debt have held face-to-face talks with Ofwat this week to pitch a rescue deal that they believe would avert the...
US officials have confirmed they are considering breaking up Google’s “illegal monopoly” of internet searches. The tech giant could face...
Investors managing more than £9trn in assets have backed a more “competitive” approach to British boardroom pay amid a growing debate about...
The culture secretary will hold talks with a group of Premier League clubs on Wednesday about the government’s plans for a football watchdog, even as the...
Water firms in England and Wales have been ordered to return £157.6m to customers due to their poor performance. Ofwat said the money would come off bills for...
TGI Fridays will remain on UK high streets after a rescue deal was secured for the restaurant chain – but more than 1,000 staff have lost their jobs. ...
A big four audit firm and one of Britain’s high street banks have resumed their membership of the CBI, delivering a boost to the scandal-hit lobbying...
