Business News

The economy remained in reverse gear during October, according to official figures covering the month ahead of the government's first budget.

It might be tempting, given how much coverage has focused on it recently, to assume the forthcoming changes to the inheritance tax regime are the single biggest issue facing farmers these days.

Royal Mail has been fined £10.5m for missing postal delivery targets.

Plans to "green" the UK's power system will protect consumers from future energy crises and has the potential to "bring down bills for good", the government has said.

A certified B Corporation company which repurposes electronic equipment to benefit schools and charities has landed more than £3m in funding from a London-based investor.

A British hedge funder trader has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in Denmark over a £1bn tax fraud.

Another leading technology company is being swallowed up in a transatlantic takeover that will underline the scale of the raid on some of Britain's most promising businesses.

The Daily Telegraph's publisher is to hand hundreds of staff a £500 bonus this month as uncertainty over its ownership looks set to stretch into a third calendar year.

Currys has warned of a drop in consumer sentiment over the past six months, with the chain plotting price rises to help offset the impact of the new Labour government's first budget.

Small British businesses have stopped selling to Northern Ireland as well as Europe due to extra administrative hurdles posed by new EU customs rules coming into effect.