Category: News Wire

Royal Bank of Scotland is edging towards a £200m deal to avert an embarrassing and expensive High Court battle over its 2008 rights issue after making a last minute offer to aggrieved investors.

Bank doubles offer to private investors and City institutions seeking damages over cash-call months before government bailout.

Sterling cracked through the psychologically important $1.30 mark for the first time since late September last week.

Workers may be suffering from lower pay as a result of their employers spending millions of pounds to keep their pension schemes afloat.

The chief executive of Ford is expected to stand down from the car giant.

Meeting agreed after Picturehouse staff approached chairman at AGM following recent strike action by cinema workers.

Four carmakers, including Toyota and BMW, have agreed to pay $553m (£425m) to settle class-action lawsuits covering owners of recalled vehicles, fitted with potentially faulty Takata airbags.

Nearly 50 per cent of British consumers believe that Britain’s decision to leave the EU will have a negative impact on the cost of living in the UK.

Just Eat’s £200m plan to take over rival food delivery service Hungryhouse faces a hurdle.

EU regulators say the social network gave “incorrect or misleading” information relating to its WhatsApp takeover in 2014.

Competition commissioner sees agreement with Canada as model but says deal with Brexit UK would be different

The popularity of breakfast deals has boosted sales at Greggs so far this year.

The TV ad, in which a boy finds out he and his late father shared a love of a fish burger, attracted criticism.

Revenues at London-based estate agency Foxtons declined by 25 per cent in the first quarter of the year.

Profits at UK’s second-biggest property company boosted by sale of ‘Cheesegrater’ skyscraper.