Payment providers have failed to reach a deal on how to refund blameless victims of bank transfer scams, according to an industry body.

A new ultrafast broadband network backed by Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street bank, is closing in on a deal to take over a rival venture set up by TalkTalk,…

The chief executive of Interserve is to step down at the end of the year, months after leading a rescue restructuring that salvaged more than 40,000…

Asda bosses have blamed "customer concerns over Brexit" after the supermarket giant saw a drop in sales.

A portfolio of two dozen care homes that were at the centre of a legal battle involving the financier Guy Hands is on the brink of being sold for £160m.

Women should have the legal right to know what their male work colleagues earn so they can challenge unequal pay, say campaigners.

Shoppers have cut back on their spending in a further sign of the economy slowing, official figures show.

It is the most eagerly anticipated advert of the Christmas season.

The clear majority of people would support taking rail companies back into public ownership, a Sky News poll suggests.

The pain in the retail sector is being felt in all sorts of places.

The highly anticipated Frozen and Star Wars films will help drive the UK's £1bn Christmas toy market this year, say experts,

Royal Mail has won a court order to block a union ballot that could have resulted in strike action during the election and run-up to Christmas.

Tesla rejected the UK as the location for its first major European plant and chose Germany instead because Brexit uncertainty "made it too risky",…

The buyout firm which is in the process of sealing a £4bn takeover of the British defence and aerospace group Cobham is drawing up plans to float…

The 'big six' energy companies have won a legal challenge to the way the price cap imposed on them was calculated.

Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has launched a blistering attack on "up the spout" City rules arguing they have caused firms to go bust and pose a threat…

Inflation has fallen to its lowest level in nearly three years after a new energy price cap led to cheaper utility bills.

Half of the UK's leading firms are still "well adrift" of meeting a looming target for at least a third of executive positions to be held by women,…

Is the government spending more on flood defences in London and the South East than in the North of England?

Mel B has said her dispute with Tesco over the use of an image was down to a "miscommunication".

Shareholders who bought into one of Britain’s biggest logistics companies when it floated two years ago face seeing a savage cut to the value…

One of the most totemic moments of the financial crisis was when, at the end of November 2008, Woolworths went into administration after 99 years on…

The City watchdog has appealed for its staff to clean up their own act over "shameful" working conditions at the regulator's new London headquarters.

Sir Richard Branson has apologised after posting a photograph from a launch event in South Africa that only included white people.

UK-based mobile giant Vodafone sank to a loss of £1.6bn after a ruling by India's top court threatens to land it with huge fees and penalties.

The industrial conglomerate Liberty House is reviewing its future ownership of a business which is among the biggest automotive industry suppliers…

The number of people in work has seen its biggest drop in more than four years as the number of job vacancies also slumped, official figures show.

Travellers planning to take advantage of a Black Friday holiday deal are being warned they may not be the bargains they appear.

A Tesco advert featuring a photograph of Mel B has been taken down after the Spice Girl complained.

The Chinese rescue of British Steel is replete with irony and creates more questions than answers.

Uber's CEO admits he was "wrong" to say the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a "mistake" for which the country should be "forgiven".

British Steel has been saved in a rescue deal by a Chinese industrial giant safeguarding up to 4,000 jobs, it has been confirmed.

The UK has dodged a recession despite seeing the biggest year-on-year slowdown in nearly a decade.

A former Centrica executive is being lined up by Britain’s biggest water companies to become their chief lobbyist as they battle the threat of…

Let's start with the good news.

Britain's biggest bakery chain Greggs has raised its profit forecast for 2019 in the face of continued "very strong" trading.

Visa is to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire a stake in Interswitch, an African payments group, in a deal that will see it becoming…

Iran has discovered a new oil field that could provide an estimated 50 billion barrels, according to the country's president.

The board of TSB Bank is to be heavily criticised for failing to properly prepare for a crucial systems migration in a report on the ensuing meltdown…

Ryanair has been named the filthiest flight operator in the UK by passengers, according to a Which? Travel survey.

Leading ratings agency Moody's has signalled it is poised to downgrade the credit rating on Britain's government debt, warning that Brexit has triggered…

It is not often that academics become household names - still less that their works come to define an era.

Mamas & Papas has become the second British maternity chain in a matter of days to call in administrators as its owners seek to navigate their way…

Thomas Cook's liquidators have raised £36m through the sale of the collapsed holiday firm's landing slots at Gatwick and Bristol Airports.

Royal Mail is to go to court in a bid to block potential strikes by postal workers during the general election and looming festive season - its busiest…

The head of the firm building London's Crossrail project has admitted projected costs have risen further amid continued delays to completion.

The food industry tycoon known as the ‘chicken king’ because of his vast poultry production interests has ousted one of his empire’s…

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to announce he is running for US president today.

Labour has pledged to extend statutory maternity pay and bolster the entitlement to flexible working in a move to provide "radical protections" for…

Walt Disney shares have surged after its theme parks, a remake of The Lion King and the Toy Story 4 movie helped pushed revenue up by more than a third…