Financial

Lloyds to return £3.1bn to investors as profits surge p...

Lloyds Banking Group will return more than £3.1bn to shareholders through divid...

New wave of ‘zombie’ companies faces collapse as financ...

Tens of thousands of UK companies are in critical financial distress, with high...

Amazon in talks over $50bn investment in OpenAI as AI a...

Amazon is in early talks to invest up to $50bn in OpenAI, as the ChatGPT maker ...

Trump warns UK it is ‘very dangerous’ to do business wi...

Donald Trump has warned the UK it is “very dangerous” to do business with China...

High Court fast-tracks judicial review into inheritance...

The High Court has granted an urgent rolled-up hearing for a judicial review ch...

Poundland partners with Retail Trust to strengthen ment...

Poundland has partnered with retail charity the Retail Trust to give its 12,000...

India and EU strike landmark trade deal after two decad...

India and the European Union have agreed a landmark free trade deal, cutting ta...

Labour MPs urge chancellor to halt business rates rise ...

Nearly 50 Labour MPs have urged Rachel Reeves to pause a looming business rates...

Retail sales growth to slow across US and Europe in 202...

Retail sales growth in the US, UK, France and Germany is set to slow in 2026 as...

Labour urged to raise private pension access age to cur...

Labour is being urged to restrict access to private pensions from age 55, with ...

Preply raises $150m at $1.2bn valuation to scale human-...

Language learning platform Preply has raised $150m in a Series D led by WestCap...

Juspay raises $50m at $1.2bn valuation to accelerate gl...

Payments infrastructure firm Juspay has raised $50m from WestBridge Capital in ...

Amazon set to cut thousands more jobs as AI overhaul ac...

Amazon is preparing a second major round of job cuts as it looks to shed around...

Bank of England accelerates Leeds expansion as part of ...

The Bank of England plans to base half of all new external hires in Leeds as it...

Reeves opens corporate bond market to small investors i...

Rachel Reeves is opening up Britain’s corporate bond market to small investors ...

From roundtable to the camera: The Traitors’ Brian Davi...

Former Traitors contestant Brian Davidson reports 70% growth at his Glasgow pho...