Winter fuel payments will extend to everyone over the state pension age with an income of or below £35,000 a year, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced. The...
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US chipmaker Qualcomm has agreed a $2.4bn (£1.8bn) takeover of Alphawave – a deal set to result in another UK tech firm falling into foreign hands...
“It’s a big deal for this government,” says Simon Case. “It’s the clearest indication yet of what they plan to do between now and...
A corporate intelligence firm which employs Sir John Sawers, the former head of MI6, is closing in on a deal to sell a big stake to a buyout firm. Sky News has...
The family behind River Island, the high street fashion retailer, is drawing up a radical rescue plan which could put significant numbers of stores and jobs at...
The US economy saw a slowdown in hiring but no leap in unemployment last month as the impact of Donald Trump’s trade war continues to play out. Official...
Elon Musk says Donald Trump appears in files relating to the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. It’s the latest in a string of barbs between...
Bosses at six water companies have been banned from receiving bonuses for the last financial year under new legislation that comes into force on Friday. Senior...
When push comes to shove, the question of whether British industry faces crippling tariffs on exports to the US or enjoys a unique opportunity to grow may come...
Ministers will this week unveil a revamp of the Whitehall investment hub that they hope will secure hundreds of billions of capital flows into the UK in the...
The Post Office is considering selling assets or taking on new borrowings to help deliver an ambition to boost sub-postmasters’ pay by £120m this year, its...
The UK’s exemption from a doubling of duties on most US steel and aluminium imports is dependent on the ratification of May’s trade pact between...
Elon Musk has criticised US President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill, calling it “outrageous” and a “disgusting...
One of Britain’s top corporate troubleshooters is being lined up to spearhead a multibillion pound rescue of Thames Water after the company’s...
Sir Christopher Evans, the renowned British biotech entrepreneur, is close to landing $50m (£37m) in funding for a developer of a new portfolio of cancer...
The private equity firm that had been the frontrunner to lead a rescue of the UK’s largest water provider – Thames Water – has pulled out...
