A will-writing app that has seen a surge in demand during the coronavirus pandemic has secured millions of pounds in new investment from a backer of…

The wealth management venture part-owned by Britain's biggest high street bank will this week name an industry veteran as its next boss following the…

The home shopping tycoon who was among the most prominent business backers of Britain's departure from the EU has put his company up for sale just…

Two of Britain’s biggest blue-chip companies are on course to win shareholder approval next week for revamped executive pay schemes that could…

The chief executive of Intu Properties, Britain's biggest shopping centre owner, has left the company a week after it crashed into insolvency proceedings.

A closely-watched gauge of business activity has pointed to a levelling off following the coronavirus slump but a continuing surge in unemployment.

The headhunter which was asked to identify female candidates to become the next Bank of England governor is to find a new chief for the City's most…

Tourism bosses in Cornwall say COVID-19 has already cost the sector more than £650m in lost revenue and are warning there will be no "speedy recovery"…

The number of job adverts in the UK has increased, new research suggests, as sectors such as hospitality start to emerge from months of lockdown.

The UK is "not out of the woods yet" and people must be cautious when visiting bars and restaurants this weekend, the prime minister will warn.

Donald Trump said the US economy was "roaring back" after new figures showed a record 4.8 million net jobs were created last month.

Accenture is to cut up to 900 UK jobs, blaming "additional strain" on the business caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Casual Dining Group, owner of Bella Italia, Cafe Rouge and Las Iguanas, is to cut more than 1,900 jobs and close 91 restaurants after calling in administrators.

The owner of Primark says it is placing over £1bn in orders for the autumn and winter season ahead following an "encouraging" start to coronavirus…

The owner of the All Bar One and Harvester chains has revealed it was forced to throw out or donate up to £11m of stock as the coronavirus lockdown…

SoftBank, the Japanese technology giant, and an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund are in talks to back a controversial UK government-led bid for OneWeb,…

Downing Street has warned people not to "overdo it" when the coronavirus lockdown in England is eased this weekend.

As an employee of Linklaters, the "Magic Circle" law firm, Dominic Raab worked in the fields of competition law and project finance.

One of the UK's biggest building materials groups is braced for an ugly shareholder revolt next week over a £350,000 one-off payment to its new…

Another of the high street's ubiquitous Italian restaurant chains has begun exploring a sale as it seeks new backers to enable it to survive the coronavirus…

The health secretary, Matt Hancock, is under mounting pressure to back an airport-based COVID-19 testing programme amid continued uncertainty over…

The chairman of Tesco is to spearhead a committee of business leaders tasked with generating policy ideas for rejuvenating Britain's post-coronavirus…

The company behind railway station and airport food outlets Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza has confirmed plans for 5,000 job losses in its main UK market.

Sainsbury's has revealed a better-than-forecast leap in coronavirus lockdown grocery sales - reporting it will help offset a £500m hit to profits…

The chairman of Airbus in the UK says he cannot rule out further job losses, a day after the company announced 1,700 jobs would be cut from its UK…

Wigan Athletic have gone into administration after the coronavirus pandemic had a "significant impact" on the football club's finances.

Specialist turnaround funds are vying to take control of some of Britain’s best-known restaurant chains, including Café Rouge and Las Iguanas,…

Sir Philip Green's Dorothy Perkins-to-Topshop empire is to cut 500 jobs in a bid to slash costs, blaming damage inflicted on the business by the coronavirus…

The Treasury has ditched plans to introduce another emergency coronavirus funding scheme that would have targeted billions of pounds of public money…

Police and prosecutors have raided the headquarters of beleaguered payments firm Wirecard as part of a fraud investigation relating to its £1.7bn…

The annual rate of house price growth has turned negative for the first time since 2012, according to a closely-watched measure.

The grim toll of coronavirus-related job losses has risen again in the last week.

People in England have a "healthy life expectancy" at work until they are aged just 59, far below the age to qualify for a state pension, research…

Money talks, and there's no doubting the likes of Coca Cola, Starbucks, Levi's and Reebok are used to being heard.

The grim toll of coronavirus-related job losses will rise again on Wednesday when the company behind the Upper Crust catering brand discloses plans…

Airbus is to cut 1,700 jobs in the UK as part of a major restructuring caused by the coronavirus crisis.

The FTSE 100 may have fallen today, dragged lower by heavyweight Royal Dutch Shell, but the index of Britain's biggest 100 listed companies has still…

EasyJet has begun talks with unions on cutting up to 1,900 UK-based jobs including more than 700 pilots after the collapse in air travel due to coronavirus.

One of Scotland's biggest family-owned retailers is searching for new backers amid a slump in sales exacerbated by the coronavirus lockdown.

The owner of the Harveys furniture chain and Bensons for Beds is to be broken up in a financial restructuring that will save at least 1,900 retail…

The UK economy contracted at a sharper rate than initially thought in the first quarter of the year as the coronavirus crisis gathered speed, according…

Cineworld has delayed the reopening of its UK and US cinemas by more than two weeks to coincide with the release of upcoming films.

The owner of the London Stock Exchange is in talks to buy a stake in the British technology start-up which has helped ordinary investors access billions…

Royal Dutch Shell says it expects to book impairment charges of up to £18bn in its second quarter after slashing expectations for oil and gas…

The government will become the top-ranking creditor to the UK operations of a Cardiff-based steel producer under a £30m loan deal to be announced…

A veteran of WPP Group during Sir Martin Sorrell's three-decade reign will be reunited with his former boss this week when he joins the board of the…

It was a trailblazer in its field - one of the pioneers of the fracking revolution that helped make the United States the world's biggest oil and gas…

BP has agreed a $5bn (£4bn) deal to sell its petrochemicals business to Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos.

Lookers, the struggling car dealership network, has warned it expects to book a £19m hit following an investigation into potential fraud.

Mortgage approvals in the UK slumped to their lowest level on record in May according Bank of England data, pointing to cautious spending behaviour…

Waitrose says it is to open a third warehouse in London to cope with surging demand for grocery deliveries in the capital amid the continuing coronavirus…

The Hut Grou‎p, the online consumer goods retailer which has become one of Britain's biggest technology success stories, is courting global investors…

Hairdressers have reopened and gatherings of up to 50 people are now allowed in Ireland as it eases out of lockdown.

Byron, the burger chain, is racing to secure a takeover after becoming the latest major restaurant operator to teeter on the brink of financial collapse…

The chairman of Britain's competition watchdog was effectively forced to step down three years early after falling out with its chief executive, raising…

The government is to launch a new taskforce it says will accelerate the delivery of major projects as Britain tries to find a way out of the economic…

L'Oreal is to remove words like "whitening" from its skin care products, the French cosmetics giant has announced.

Virgin Atlantic Airways is racing to stitch together a £900m privately funded rescue deal within days after concluding that it was unlikely to…