A quartet of blue-chip property investors, including the owner of Pinewood Studios, are vying to buy Keepmoat, the Yorkshire-based group which has…

British Airways owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) is to increase flight numbers to meet the surge in demand for air travel as quarantine…

NatWest has restored shareholder dividends after swinging back into profit, significantly beating expectations.

Amazon's new boss is facing a sales slowdown as the breakneck pace of expansion fuelled by stay-at-home shopping eases.

Health statistics have dictated our lives in so many ways for 16 months.

One in seven shops across Britain is lying empty - with the number rising over the last three months even as the economy reopened, new figures show.

Fully vaccinated adults in Wales will no longer have to self-isolate if they are a close contact of someone with coronavirus from 7 August.

An investment fund established by one of the most renowned investors in the US is ploughing £15m into the money-saving app founded by Dame Jayne-Anne…

Streaming platform Peacock will soon be available in the UK, as Comcast makes it available to Sky customers.

Workers are still being exploited in Leicester's textile industry, according to new evidence seen by Sky News.

Lloyds Banking Group has credited an improving economy for a recovery in half-year profits, aided by a big cut in earlier provisions for coronavirus…

AstraZeneca has always been well-known in the City and in scientific circles as one of Europe's biggest pharmaceuticals companies.

The US economy has recovered to surpass its pre-pandemic peak according to official figures - though growth was slower than expected in the latest…

Ian King speaks to the chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders about how a combination of staff and supply shortages is threatening…

The government is "increasingly confident" that more countries will soon be added to the amber and green travel lists, Dominic Raab has told Sky News.

Travel bosses have hailed the loosening of COVID rules for US and EU travellers as a move that would "get global Britain back in business".

A German sports-betting group owned by one of the world’s largest private equity firms has joined the £1.5bn race to take control of William…

Between 1.1 million to 1.6 million workers remain on full or partial furlough as taxpayer aid for the wage support scheme prepares to be eased further,…

The car industry has joined calls for the government to bring forward the date for exempting fully vaccinated adults from coronavirus self-isolation…

The competition watchdog has imposed fines totalling £100m in the latest case of so-called price gouging that saw patients lose access to a free…

Facebook was given the thumbs down by Wall Street despite doubling quarterly profits as it warned growth will slow sharply in coming months.

America's central bank is monitoring the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus amid concern that it could hold back parts of the economy.

For some time now, it has been clear to the world's biggest tobacco companies that they face an existential crisis.

Barclays has reported a trebling of first half profits to £5bn, partly aided by a decision to unwind provisions it made for bad loans during the…

Aston Martin Lagonda has reported a 224% rise in sales to dealers and reduced losses as it bids to bounce back from a post-flotation crisis exacerbated…

Fully vaccinated people will not be legally required to take a coronavirus test to avoid isolation if "pinged" from 16 August.

Average house prices fell back for the first time since March last month as the stamp duty holiday for England and Northern Ireland started to wind…

One of the UK's oldest steelmakers has been taken into public hands to secure the supply of components for the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Morrisons' largest shareholder has said it is "not inclined" to back a £6.3bn takeover deal agreed by the supermarket's board.

Britain’s biggest high street lender will this week unveil its biggest corporate acquisition since it returned to full private ownership four…

A group of prominent City financiers are seeking to capitalise on soaring demand for executive mentoring services fuelled by the pandemic with the…

Strong demand for premium iPhones helped Apple deliver bumper sales of $81.4bn in its latest quarter as it shrugged off the impact of chip shortages.

Britain's economy will grow faster than any major economy in Europe as it rebounds from the COVID-19 recession and emerges from lockdown, the International…

Lorry drivers are being offered thousands of pounds to sign on to work for major retailers amid a widespread shortage - but it could leave small haulage…

Moonpig, the online greeting card and gift retailer, has suffered its worst intraday share price slump despite reporting a doubling of annual revenue…

With brands like Dettol, Lysol, Lemsip and Strepsils, the household products giant Reckitt Benckiser was always going to be a winner from the pandemic…

Stock levels in relation to expected sales across the distribution sector reached a new record low this month, according to a key business survey,…

Boris Johnson will hold talks with some of Britain’s leading business figures this week amid continued frustration over changing private sector…

Bus and rail operator FirstGroup has announced that its chief executive is to step down, a day after the company's biggest shareholder demanded he…

The list of sectors able to avoid quarantine as part of a pilot scheme is being extended - and the number of testing sites across England is being…

Tesla has shrugged off the global chip shortage to notch up quarterly profits of more than $1bn for the first time.

Tesco Bank is to close all of its current accounts at the end of November.

A British pioneer of silent breast-pumps and other so-called femtech products is putting the finishing touches to a £58m capital injection that…

Ministers are reportedly exploring how to block China's state-owned nuclear energy company from future power projects in the UK.

China's government has just provided investors with another reminder of why they should tread carefully when putting money into the country.

Ryanair has raised its passenger forecast following a recovery in summer bookings but reported a sharper first quarter loss, saying the coronavirus…

Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, has ordered officials to launch a national security probe into the £2.6bn takeover of Ultra Electronics,…

Selfridges has been put up for sale in a move that could net its Canadian billionaire owners as much as £4bn.

The food industry tycoon known as the "Chicken King" has told Sky News the so-called "pingdemic" staffing crisis is just a small part of unprecedented…

Heathrow Airport has urged the government to reopen the UK economy to fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US by the end of the month after…

Senior ministers are set to discuss extending the rollout of daily COViD testing sites to ease the concerns of industry and frontline services by allowing…

Zopa, one of Britain's biggest digital financial services providers, is in talks with investors about a £100m capital injection that will put…

A minister has apologised to those who have experienced delays at the UK's airports over the weekend.

Taxpayers will spend decades exposed to financial risks from the government's coronavirus spending, according to a committee of MPs.

People in frontline roles such as police, fire and the Border Force, will be able to avoid quarantine - regardless of vaccine status - if they are…

The newly listed owner of Burger King's UK operations has begun drawing up plans for a sale of the business next year in a bet on an accelerated recovery…

Two of London's main Tube lines are shut this weekend and there are changes to other services as 300 staff self-isolate.

Under sweltering skies in Norfolk, the harvest is coming in.

The owner of LloydsPharmacy, one of Britain's biggest chains of chemists, is to decide within days on its future ownership after receiving takeover…

Unilever's ex-boss has said business leaders have an "obligation to speak up" after his former company became embroiled in a row with Israel over its…

Hotels and restaurants face a summer of closures after their workers were not included in quarantine exemptions, the government has been told.

KKR, one of the world's biggest private equity investors, is joining a scrum of suitors to buy a stake in the commercial rights to rugby union's World…

On today's episode, Ian King speaks to the chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association about new self-isolation rules.

The UK's economic bounce-back has slowed sharply partly thanks to the impact of the "pingdemic" causing workers to isolate, according to a key business…

Shares in Twitter have risen after it reported a better than expected rise in quarterly ad revenue to more than $1bn.

Football fans stocking up in supermarkets delivered a boost to the UK retail sector last month but fashion stores suffered a setback, official figures…

With celebration of "Freedom Day" drowned out by a chorus of more than 600,000 "pings" from the NHS Test & Trace app, and images of empty supermarket…