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Catalan, one of Britain’s biggest retailers has gone into its bank’s special measures division for struggling businesses as fears grow over the deterioration in its trading. 

Europe’s largest lender imposing hiring and pay freeze across bank globally in 2016

John Lewis is ramping up its expansion outside of the UK with plans to open its first store in the Middle East.

Councils will be stripped of the ability to reject applications to frack shale gas under a government plan. 

Rolls-Royce has announced a $2.7bn (£1.9bn) order to manufacture and service Boeing 787 Dreamliner engines for Norwegian.

Tens of thousands of private investors hoping to buy shares in Lloyds at a knockdown price were left disappointed after the government delayed a £2 billion offering because of concerns about stock market volatility. 

The design for the first driverless cars to be tested on the streets of London has been revealed.

Presales in the U.K. capital fell to about 5,216 from 6,444 in the same period a year earlier, according to data compiled by researcher Molior London Ltd. A record 8,818 units were sold in the first quarter of 2015. “Construction starts have now outpaced sales for two years in a row,” Molior said in the […]

Social media giant Facebook said that profits more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Labour and unions charge George Osborne with ‘selling family silver’ for political reasons after 2015 disposals hit record, according to Press Association

How do you solve the UK’s productivity puzzle? Well, the retail sector is hoping that a former Morrisons exec and adviser to Ed Miliband might be able to at least help out that industry.

One of Google’s biggest British shareholders is calling for the company to pay “much more” tax in the UK. 

A former senior trader at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc who lost his job amid the currency market rigging scandal won part of an employment lawsuit, but received no compensation because a London judge said he would have been fired anyway.

Shares in tech giant Apple jumped initially in after hours trading after the company revealed earnings results for the first quarter of this financial year that came in ahead of analysts’ expectations.

The internet giant is preparing to hand over €150 million (£113 million) in back taxes to the Italian government, equating to 15 per cent of its €1 billion revenues in the country.