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Former Channel 4 chair and boss of Kingfisher to be appointed at crucial time for UK’s media regulatorBusiness live – latest updatesThe government has named the City veteran Ian Cheshire as its prefer...
Specialist lender says it expects its slice of £9.1bn compensation set by FCA to be about £320mClose Brothers shares surged on Wednesday after the UK bank declared it could “comfortably absorb” its sl...
Struggling pubs reel from rising business rates, wages and energy bills, with customers at limit of what they will payNick Evans is staring in vain at columns of numbers, trying to make them add up to...
Average price dips back below £300,000 after higher energy costs have knock-on effect on mortgage ratesUK house prices fell in March, as the housing market lost momentum amid uncertainty over the conf...
Tribunal dismisses claim that the Welsh government’s financial package breached competition rulesCardiff airport has won a legal challenge brought by its rival in Bristol over the fairness of a £205m...
Markets now forecast one rate rise this year, down from two on Tuesday, although mortgage rates may not fall quicklyBusiness live – latest updates City traders have cut their forecasts for UK interest...
In today’s newsletter: A Waitrose worker’s dismissal after confronting a shoplifter has become a flashpoint in a wider debate over rising retail crimeGood morning. Overnight, the US and Iran agreed t...
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square claims world’s biggest music company has suffered because of delay of US listingBusiness live – latest updatesBillionaire Bill Ackman’s hedge fund has offered to buy Univ...
Analysis shows developing economies more likely to experience higher interest rates and currency shocksBusiness live – latest updatesEmerging economies are at greater risk of higher interest rates and...
Oil prices seesaw and stock markets on edge amid Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen strait of Hormuz Business live – latest updatesThe current oil and gas crisis triggered by the blockade of...
Bank to submit planning application shortly, after securing deal on 265m-high London Docklands buildingBusiness live – latest updatesJP Morgan Chase has reached agreement with London City airport to b...
Iceland’s chair Richard Walker says Walker Smith is ‘welcome to a job with us’ as public fundraiser hits £7,500Keir Starmer’s cost of living tsar, who is the chair of Iceland, has offered a job to a w...
CBI figures showing surprise jump in financial sector’s growth will be welcome news for Rachel ReevesBritain’s financial services companies have reported a strong recovery in activity at the start of...
Government should look at ways to help as firms are paying disproportionate bills, says MakeUKBritish manufacturers have said they will have to pay an extra £940m a year in business rates because of c...
Retailer faces public outcry over treatment of Walker Smith, who tackled shoplifter stealing Easter eggs at London storeWaitrose is under growing pressure to reinstate an employee of 17 years who was...
Tougher ethical certification process requires companies to meet standards in every one out of seven categoriesDozens of companies may be at risk of losing their coveted B Corp ethical status after th...
Companies using heating oil have already begun rationing their fuel use, says Federation of Small BusinessesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThousands of independent businesses across the UK are brace...
Union says new entitlements, part of Employment Rights Act 2025, will help lower-income householdsUp to 9.6 million UK workers are to benefit from the changes to sick pay rules, according to unions. T...
Exclusive: Animal welfare charities ‘bitterly disappointed’ UK government plans to backtrack on manifesto promisesThis article contains an image of a duck being force-fed that some readers may find up...
Walker Smith, 54, who worked for retailer for 17 years, says he grabbed bag from thief before they escapedA Waitrose employee of 17 years has described his devastation after being sacked for stopping...