A group of lenders to Thames Water’s parent company have engaged advisers weeks before a £190m debt held by Britain’s biggest water utility falls...
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McDonald’s apologises after IT outage shuts restaurants worldwide but rules out cybersecurity attack
McDonald’s customers say they were turned away from restaurants around the world, including in the UK, after the fast food chain was hit by major IT...
Bitcoin has suffered a sharp pullback from record highs. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency fell to $66,885 in the early hours of Friday – down 9%...
The four largest gas boiler manufacturers face a competition inquiry after imposing price hikes of around £100 on customers to offset potential fines for...
John Lewis’s chief executive has called on whoever wins the general election to deliver a stable environment for economic growth that allows consumers to spend...
Air travel chaos that caused delays for more than 700,000 passengers was fuelled by a “lack of planning” and engineers working from home...
TikTok’s chief executive has appealed to US users directly to stop a bill that could see the social media app banned in America. Shou zi Chew appealed to...
It launched in London’s Soho almost 40 years ago, and quickly became notorious for its celebrity clientele and “tales of naughtiness and...
The government plans to ban foreign governments from owning British newspapers and magazines – effectively blocking an Abu Dhabi-led takeover of the...
The Belgian insurer pursuing a takeover of Direct Line Group, its London-listed rival, is facing opposition from one of its own leading shareholders to a...
The battle for the Telegraph titles has been a story of high principle, low politics and raw commerce. The proposed takeover by Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird-IMI...
John Lewis has returned to profit for the first time in three years but staff face another year with no bonus. The company behind Waitrose grocery shops and...
The government is expected to commit to banning foreign governments from owning British newspapers and magazines – effectively blocking an Abu Dhabi-led...
The Post Office is to be removed from delivering compensation for victims of the faulty Horizon software, a minister has said. Speaking in the Commons on...
Growth returned in the UK economy in January, according to official figures. The measure of everything produced in the UK – a metric called gross...
A law aimed at quashing the wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters caught up in the Horizon IT scandal is being introduced by the government later. The...