Former Sports Direct auditors braced for £2m fine over Ashley disclosures
The former auditors of Mike Ashley's high street empire are in advanced talks about a multimillion-pound fine that would bring...
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Chelsea FC sale: Boehly-led group set for exclusive talks to clinch £4bn deal
A Californian private equity firm has edged closer to becoming the new majority-owner of Chelsea Football Club after securing a...
‘A British bid, for a British club’: Sir Jim Ratcliffe tables last-minute £4.25bn offer for Chelsea FC
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has tabled a last-minute £4.25bn bid to buy Chelsea.The Ineos boss is understood to have held talks...
‘A taste of things to come’: Annual house price growth slows in April
Annual house price growth slowed slightly in April, according to new figures from Nationwide Building Society.The 12.1% growth rate marked...
Clean energy start-up Xlinks eyes investor backing for revolutionary £16bn project
A British clean energy start-up which hopes to build the world’s longest undersea cable capable of delivering nearly a tenth...
Sainsbury’s warns profits will be hit by cost of living crisis
Sainsbury's has warned that its profits this year will be hit by soaring inflation and a fall in customers' disposable...
Facebook parent Meta reports weakest revenue growth for a decade as ad sales suffer
Facebook's parent company has reported its weakest revenue growth for a decade but witnessed a recovery in its share price...
Tesla shares sink wiping $126bn off the company’s value amid worries over Musk’s proposed Twitter takeover
Tesla shares sank 12.2% overnight, wiping $126bn off the company's value amid investor concern that chief executive Elon Musk might...
P&O ferry faces fresh safety inspection after power failure scare in Irish Sea
Three lifeboats have been launched to help a P&O ferry that has developed a "mechanical issue" in the Irish Sea.The European Causeway...
EU firms lost greater volume of trade than UK exporters after Brexit, report finds
The first year of the UK's post-Brexit trade agreement with the European Union (EU) saw firms on the continent lose...
Average house price in Britain hits a new record
The average asking price of a house in Britain has hit a new record, pushing over the £360,000 mark, according...
Oil and stocks plunge as China COVID crisis grips financial markets
Oil prices have hit near two-week lows, with analysts pointing to events in China and the US as possible reasons...
Sunak to court City heavyweights at £10,000-a-table Tory fundraiser
Rishi Sunak will this week attempt to put his recent political troubles behind him when he courts City figures at...
Bidders quizzed over long-term plans for Chelsea FC
The three final bidders for Chelsea FC are being pressed to provide more details of the club's proposed administration and...
Supermarkets across UK limit cooking oil purchases as Ukraine war causes supply-chain problems
Supermarkets across the UK have placed limits on how much cooking oil that customers can buy due to supply-chain problems...
Center Parcs owner lines up Barclays to prepare £4bn sale
The owner of Britain’s biggest chain of upmarket holiday villages is lining up bankers to oversee a review of its...
Carlos Ghosn ‘surprised’ by French international arrest warrant
A spokesman for the fallen global car boss Carlos Ghosn has said he is "surprised" by reports the French authorities...
Retail sales plunge as consumer confidence ‘nears financial crisis all-time low’
Retail sales plunged by 1.4% last month - far more than expected - as consumers tightened their belts in the...
Elon Musk secures £35.6bn funding for Twitter takeover attempt
Elon Musk has secured the financing for his takeover bid of Twitter, including £16.1bn of his own fortune, according to...
KitKat-maker Nestle warns of further price hikes ahead to protect margins from rising costs
Nestle, the maker of KitKat chocolate bars and Nespresso coffee, has warned that rising costs will force it to raise...
