Category: News Wire

Like-for-like sales down 0.2% on same month last year, suggesting consumers delaying spending until US-inspired discount day in November

Chief executive Dave Lewis says the government is making life more difficult for the struggling supermarket giant

A sharp slowdown in world trade threatens to put the global economy at risk, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has warned.

UK power operator National Grid has kicked off a process for the potential sale of a majority stake in its gas distribution business.

New research indicates that people who view themselves as experts are more likely to be dismissive of other viewpoints.

Two brothers who built the Floors-2-Go retail empire have been threatened with prison by a High Court judge after the business went into administration for a third time.

Ofgem has ordered “Big Six” energy supplier E.On to pay £7m for failing to supply its business customers with energy-efficient smart meters.

Fawcett Society calculation sets symbolic date as 9 November with men in full-time work earning over 14 per cent more than women

Crisis-hit steel industry calls for European action to ease pressure on struggling companies

Amazon is opening a bookshop in Seattle in a move it described as a “physical extension” of its business.

Sir Richard Branson could launch a rival to taxi-hailing app Uber, the Virgin founder has admitted. The billionaire, who has built a conglomerate spanning transport, financial services and telecommunications, said his company should be involved in the sharing economy, competing with the likes of Uber and home-renting service Airbnb, reports The Telegraph. “I quite often […]

James Murphy is a busy man, overseeing five of the biggest festive sales drives and getting ready to keep Britain in Europe

With their property wealth set to double over the next 20 years, the over 55s have a reason to cheer

Leaving the EU would plunge Britain back into recession, damage the country’s long-term growth potential and drive up government borrowing, Morgan Stanley has warned.