The German automotive giant BMW is in talks with the government about a £75m funding package that would secure production of electric Minis at its Oxfordshire...
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London’s FTSE 100 Index has reached an all-time high at 7905 earlier this afternoon. The Financial Times Stock Exchange list of the 100 most valuable...
One thing the energy industry agrees on in theory – if not, it turns out, in practice – is that forcing prepayment meters on vulnerable customers...
The energy regulator Ofgem has asked suppliers to suspend the forced installation of prepayment meters and review their processes for dealing with customers...
The business secretary, Grant Shapps, has told British Steel’s Chinese owner that proposals to make hundreds of workers redundant are...
The Bank of England has raised UK interest rates by a further half percentage point to 4%, but gave its clearest signal yet that borrowing costs may now be...
The boss of British Gas’s owner, Centrica, said “there is no excuse” after an investigation found the company sent debt collectors who broke...
Back in the Soviet era, analysts would spend hours trying to read between the lines of the speeches and comments coming out of the Kremlin. Was there a hint...
Shell has announced annual profits of $39.9bn (£32.2bn), doubling from a year earlier and far exceeding the previous record of $31bn in 2008. The London-listed...
Ofgem, the energy regulator, is launching an urgent investigation into British Gas following allegations the company sent debt collectors who broke into...
Shell has announced annual profits of £32.2bn ($39.9) doubling from a year earlier and far exceeding the previous record of £25bn ($31bn) in 2008. The London...
British Gas has suspended the use of court warrants to force-fit prepayment meters after a report alleged it sent debt collectors to break into...
About 2.3 million households missed an essential payment in January – an increase of 400,000 on the month before, but similar to previous years...
The US central bank has slowed the pace of interest rate hikes further but indicated more rises are on the way despite official figures suggesting price...
Britain’s second-biggest steel producer has been drawing up secret plans to axe hundreds of jobs even as it continues talks with ministers about £300m of...
House prices have declined for the fifth month in a row, falling 0.6% in January, according to one of the UK’s biggest mortgage lenders. The five month...