The owners of Royal Mail have agreed to a £3.6bn takeover bid by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. The company’s parent firm International Distribution...
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UK drivers are paying the most for diesel in all of Europe, according to car and breakdown services company the RAC. The average cost for a litre of diesel is...
Rishi Sunak’s committee of business advisers refused to publicly back the government’s economic policy record on Tuesday amid an escalating row...
The rate of price rises in UK shops has returned to “normal levels”, according to new industry figures. Overall annual shop price inflation eased...
The criminal investigation into the Post Office scandal is to be expanded, with 80 detectives set to be involved. The Metropolitan Police started examining...
Rishi Sunak will meet leading Conservative Party donors on Monday evening as he seeks to mobilise financial support for the surprisingly timed general election...
An Indian pharmaceutical group is closing in on a deal to snap up Nicotinell, the anti-smoking aid, from Haleon, its FTSE-100 parent company. Sky News has...
One of Britain’s biggest housebuilders is exploring a £1bn takeover bid for Cala Group, a rival player in the sector which has been put up for sale. Sky...
Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has admitted to amending the legal document Royal Mail issued to would-be investors before it became publicly owned to...
The average annual energy bill will be £506 cheaper than a year ago from July, the sector’s regulator has announced. The energy price cap – which...
Growth in the UK’s powerhouse services sector has cooled by more than expected to its weakest level in six months, according to a closely-watched survey...
The news that inflation had fallen to 2.3%, its lowest level for nearly three years, seems to be one of the reasons the PM called an election for 4 July. Mr...
The UK’s competition regulator has issued three tips for pet owners amid concerns they are paying too much on vet bills and are not given enough...
“It’s the economy stupid”. So, famously, went the maxim of Bill Clinton’s campaign team in 1992. The point being that for all the sound...
Plans for a multibillion pound mass market sale of the government’s stake in NatWest Group have been derailed by Rishi Sunak’s decision to call a summer...
Sub-postmaster victims and Royal Mail’s Dame Moya Greene alike don’t believe Paula Vennell’s account
The account of the Post Office’s former chief executive about what she knew during key years of the firm’s scandal is not believed by the former...
