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The competition watchdog has been told to carry out an “urgent review” of the fuel industry amid concerns that retailers are not passing on the 5p…
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The competition watchdog has been told to carry out an “urgent review” of the fuel industry amid concerns that retailers are not passing on the 5p…

Dragons' Den star Hilary Devey has died aged 65 after battling a 'long illness', her publicist confirmed today.

The housing market is showing signs of cooling, Halifax has said, as households face a squeeze on their finances.

A former executive at Standard Chartered has been named the new chief executive of the government's under-fire British Business Bank (BBB).

The UK will not join the EU in making USB-C charging ports mandatory on all phones and other electronic devices, the government has confirmed.

The cost of filling a typical family car with petrol has exceeded an average of £100 for the first time.

National rail strikes will have a devastating impact on the theatre, live music and hospitality industries recovering from the Covid pandemic, trade bodies have warned.

More talks will be held this week between unions and rail industry leaders in an attempt to avoid a week of national strikes that will shut…

The government has urged Britain’s biggest supplier of carbon dioxide to find a buyer for a plant in Cheshire where hundreds of jobs are at risk.

Amazon has evolved from a book seller into a gadgets, clothes and groceries retailer. Now it has its eyes on high-end fashion with the roll-out of…

The education business run by Euan Blair has joined the ranks of the UK’s unicorns after being valued at $1.7 billion (£1.36 billion)

MPs have called on the UK government to cut the burden on UK taxpayers after new figures showed working people spent a higher proportion of their…

The EU has agreed that companies will face mandatory quotas to ensure women have at least 40% of seats on corporate boards.

More than two in five recent buy now, pay later (BNPL) shoppers relied on credit cards or other forms of borrowing to pay off what they…

Roman Abramovich has paid £1.75 billion in tax in the UK over the past 20 years, his lawyers claim.