UK Business

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £21bn package of cost of living support including a £400 discount on energy bills for all and a £650 one-off payment to the poorest eight million households.

Let's begin with perhaps the most important question: will this make a difference?

The windfall tax announced by the chancellor will be "damaging" for the UK's net zero plans and energy security, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said while BP has signalled the measure is more harsh than it expected.

The boss of one of Britain's biggest airports says staffing levels may not fully recover until the autumn, and has predicted a busy summer ahead.

The chancellor may claim that a 'temporary Energy Profits Levy' is not a windfall tax but, as the popular saying goes, if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and waddles like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

The government will examine French billionaire Patrick Drahi’s 18% stake in BT over national security concerns, the business secretary has said.

It is not easy to disturb the tranquillity of Davos, but Vladimir Putin has managed it.

EasyJet has cancelled 200 flights after being hit by IT problems and advised customers to check their booking before going to the airport.

Manchester United reported widening losses and a growing debt pile for the third quarter of its financial year, just days after the conclusion of a Premier League season in which the club failed to qualify for the Champions League.

A family-owned fragrances retailer founded on a Lancashire market stall more than half a century ago has appointed advisers to explore a sale.