Hospitality chief demands energy regulator names and shames suppliers
The energy watchdog must step in to penalise price-gouging behaviour by energy suppliers, according to the head of the lobbying...
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Land Securities lines up Channel 4’s Cheshire as next chairman
Land Securities Group, the FTSE-100 property owner, is lining up one of Britain’s most prominent boardroom figures as its next...
Bank of England’s unprecedented bond market intervention yields £3.8bn profit
The Treasury is set to make £3.8bn in profit from the intervention the Bank of England made in markets last...
Recession remains a threat ahead but there is cause for some optimism | Ed Conway
Good news has been in such rare supply in economics recently that it's worth dwelling on it when it arrives.
Scotland to gain two new freeports in Firth of Forth and Cromarty Firth following successful bids
Scotland is to gain two new freeports in Cromarty Firth and the Forth, which Downing Street says will help to...
Adidas loses court battle against fashion designer over stripe design
Adidas has lost a court case against New York fashion designer Thom Browne after suing over a stripe design.
Recession in question as economy achieves surprise growth in November due to World Cup
The economy grew by 0.1% in November, partly aided by the football World Cup, according to official figures which call...
Apple boss Tim Cook asks for 40% pay cut after investor backlash
Apple chief executive Tim Cook is to take a pay cut of more than 40% after shareholders turned on the...
RMT union working with train operators ‘towards revised offer’ after more talks to end strike action
The RMT union has announced it is working with train operators "towards a revised offer" following more talks to end...
Three million people ran out of credit on their prepayment energy meter last year, Citizens Advice says
Three million people across Britain ran out of credit on their prepayment energy meter last year, the equivalent of one...
Liberty Steel blames ‘unviable’ market as restructuring threatens hundreds of jobs
Liberty Steel UK has placed 440 jobs under threat through a series of actions to secure its future amid "unviable"...
Energy price surge prompts big earnings upgrade for British Gas owner Centrica
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has raised its earnings forecast for 2022 on the back of soaring energy prices.Shares...
Tesco boss makes food inflation prediction as big retailers report Christmas progress
Tesco's boss says he "thinks and hopes" food inflation, which stood at a record high in December, will start to...
Evidence suggests government seeking conflict over rail strike – but a window has still opened for a deal
The Transport Select Committee heard from two sides in the national rail dispute, but the most important voice - the...
Rail strikes: Pay deals to avoid further industrial action a ‘long way off’, unions say
Rail union leaders have told MPs there is much left to agree if further national strikes are to be averted,...
Goldman Sachs to cull 3,200 jobs as part of cost cutting exercise with UK workers to be hit
Up to 3,200 jobs are to go at Goldman Sachs as part of the biggest restructuring efforts at the company...
Virgin Orbit shares set to crash after failure of first UK space launch
Shares in Virgin Orbit, the company behind the failed first UK space launch, are on course to fall by more...
Amazon UK warehouse shake-up places 1,200 jobs at risk
Amazon has revealed plans to shut three UK warehouses, a decision that will affect 1,200 jobs, but open two new...
Anti-strikes bill ‘will protect lives and respect right to strike’, Business Secretary Grant Shapps says
Introducing mandatory minimum levels of service during strikes will protect people's lives while respecting workers' rights to stage walkouts, the...
Consumer spending figures add to evidence the UK is in recession
Consumer spending failed to keep pace with inflation in December, figures suggest, likely bolstering the view among economists that the...
