One of the UK's biggest insurers could get even bigger as Direct Line looks set to accept a sweetened £3.61bn takeover bid from Aviva.

Marks & Spencer has been told it can demolish and rebuild its flagship London store, 18 months after its plans were blocked by the previous government.

Britain's tax authority is contemplating voting against a court-led restructuring of the steel operations owned by Sanjeev Gupta.

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) accounted for 25% of new car registrations in November, an almost 60% increase year-on-year - and well above a government…

Airbus has revealed just over 2,000 job losses across its space and defence division, with 477 roles affected in the UK, amid tough competition from…

Thames Water's largest creditor group has failed to secure a veto over whether a £3bn emergency funding injection is used to settle regulatory…

To listen to UK car manufacturers in recent weeks has been to hear a counsel of despair over the electric vehicle market.

The competition watchdog has approved the creation of the UK's biggest phone network by allowing the merger of Three and Vodafone.

A food supply chain technology start-up which aims to drive reductions in waste has landed millions of pounds in funding from a syndicate of investors.

The world's biggest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has been valued at more than $100,000 for the first time, spurred on by Donald Trump's latest nomination…

Soaring costs and customers watching their spending is putting the hospitality industry under intense pressure, but for the traditional British pub…

The owner of Guinness is understood to have placed limits on pub and bar purchases of the Irish-made stout in the UK following a rush of sales, which…

Zopa, the British-based digital bank, is to cement its status as a home-grown technology unicorn with an £80m fundraising which includes money…

Scotland has vowed to scrap the two-child benefit cap, saying it will lift 15,000 Scottish children out of poverty.

Fraser's Group, the retail giant controlled by Mike Ashley, and the discounter B&M are to be relegated from the UK's top flight share index.