One of Europe's largest buyout firms has approached Thomas Cook Group about a takeover of its Nordic airline and tour operator that could help the…

The former owner of Formula One motor racing is revving up a fresh attempt to offload Domestic & General (D&G), the warranty giant which insures millions…

Two of the UK's biggest housebuilders have kicked off secret talks about ‎a tie-up just two years after a previous set of merger discussions…

Mothercare has reported a 20% leap in losses for its last financial year but says it is now starting to see "improving trends" in its core UK market…

The financial services firm Old Mutual has suspended its chief executive Peter Moyo, citing a "breakdown in trust".

The former chief executive of BT Group has waived half of his £1m annual bonus for his final year at the helm amid a fresh escalation of shareholder…

The average US household will be left $831 (£656) worse off as a result of the latest hikes in tariffs on Chinese goods in the nations' trade…

Hundreds of grievance cases were raised against Sir Philip Green for slapping women's bottoms and grabbing their breasts, a Labour peer has claimed.

Discount goods retailer B&M says it is planning to open 50 new stores this year as its emphasis on value attracts wary shoppers.

The owner of The Body Shop, Natura, is snapping up direct-selling cosmetics firm Avon in a deal that values the UK company at £1.6bn.

Using a mobile phone while in the supermarket increases what customers spend by 41% on average, according to new research.

Sir Philip Green is on course for a fresh clash with regulators after his Arcadia retail empire launched a rescue plan which would see 23 stores shut…

Royal Mail has delivered disappointing news today to the 400,000 or so private investors and employees who own its shares by announcing a cut in the…

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has made a series of adjustments to its store closure programme as annual results show sales and profits falling.

The high street tycoon Sir Philip Green is to launch a make-or-break revamp of his Topshop empire that could see landlords handed a shareholding of…

British Steel has been placed into compulsory liquidation, putting up to 25,000 jobs at risk.

Gas distribution firm Cadent has been fined a record £44m after leaving customers disconnected, failing to pay compensation, and losing records…

Pret a Manger says it has agreed to buy fellow food and drink retailer Eat - and will convert many of its outlets into "Veggie Prets".

Increased household energy bills pushed the rate of inflation to its highest level this year in April - rising to 2.1%.

Ministers will leave "no stone unturned" in supporting the UK steel industry, MPs have been told, as the country's second largest producer teeters…

Administrators to Jamie Oliver's restaurant chain say 22 sites have closed resulting in 1,000 redundancies after the business collapsed.

In a deal heralded as a "turning point" for the fossil fuels industry, oil giant BP has accepted that its plans for the future must now embrace the…

The rail booking app Trainline will signal plans within days to press ahead with a stock market listing valuing the company at well over £1bn.

The collapse of Jamie Oliver's restaurants empire is merely the latest and most high-profile continuation of a trend that was established in the eating-out…

Halfords has scaled back its investment plans and is to cut costs more aggressively following a 24% dip in annual profits.

Tesco Bank is getting out of the mortgage market - blaming "challenging market conditions".

Here are two surprising facts which between them help explain why the UK steel industry seems to be in what looks like a perma-slump.

Britain's second-largest steel producer is on the brink of collapse amid growing signs that an emergency government loan would fail to materialise,…

The mutual behind the Co-op Energy‎ brand is exploring a sale of parts of its domestic power supply business as reforms to the market prompt…

Fraud victims lost more than £27m to cryptocurrency and foreign exchange investment scams in the last financial year, new figures show.

Climate activists have blocked the entrance to BP's headquarters in central London and demanded that the firm halt all new oil and gas exploration..

The Roman Catholic diocese of Westminster is among 47 employers named and shamed for missing the deadline to report their gender pay gap.

Ryanair has reported a 29% dip in annual profits to just over €1bn (£890m) as weaker fares and higher costs weighed on its bottom line.

Car giant Ford has announced that it is cutting 7,000 white collar jobs worldwide, with up to 550 in the UK expected to be among the positions axed.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reported a record annual loss of £3.6bn as sales remain weak in its core growth market, China.

The controversial former owner of the Comet retail chain is among a pack of investors circling Majestic Wines' store network as it seeks to become…

Payment firms are seeking to hold on to millions of pounds of customers' money owed to Thomas Cook Group in a move which underlines the financial pressures…

Parcel postboxes will be launching across the country as Royal Mail tries to cater for the continuing growth in online shopping.

The Post Office network is at "tipping point" and 2,500 branches could close in a year, the subpostmasters' federation has warned.

Train users lost around four million hours to significantly delayed trains in 2018, analysis shows.

Fuel supply problems that saw dozens of flights at Manchester Airport cancelled and left thousands of passengers stranded have been resolved.