Category: News Wire

TUC calls for putting more pressure on companies to publish gender pay gaps as men are still being paid £100 a week more than women.

Twitter has said it could finally turn its first profit, sending shares in the much-maligned social network up by 12 per cent.

Royal Bank of Scotland reported third-quarter profits of £392m and said it expects to take the financial hit for a US misselling investigation this year before returning to full-year profit in 2018.

NHS trusts were left vulnerable in a major ransomware attack in May because cyber-security recommendations were not followed, a government report has said.

The number of manufacturing firms citing a shortage of workers for limiting their investment plans is at its highest for four years, according to a survey by the CBI.

The Royal Bank of Scotland’s turnaround unit mistreated customers but did not force them to go bust in order to profit, the City watchdog has said – though it has warned there could be grounds for further action. 

Lenders could be forced to give people struggling with problem debt a six-week interest holiday to give them time to get their finances in order, the government announced today.

Costa has reported a 10 per cent fall in first-half profits, partly due to more expensive coffee imports.

Mobile phone firms are denying they hide charges of more than £1 per day for handsets after fixed-term contracts expire.

Britain’s biggest employers are calling for a commission to examine the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs.

You will soon be able to buy a house with Marks & Spencer, after the retail giant’s banking arm announced plans to launch a mortgage range.

The chancellor has been taken to task by MPs about the lack of diversity at the top of the Bank of England.

France and Germany risk starting a new financial crisis if they try to use Brexit to dismantle the London-based heart of the global economy

Lloyds Banking Group has rejected a last-ditch bid to settle a legal claim over the disastrous merger that created Britain’s biggest high street lender, days before a trial featuring some of the country’s most prominent financiers is due to begin.

Grocery sales have risen again with higher prices and early Christmas shopping helping the sector chalk up its 17th consecutive quarter of growth.