UK Business

Britons complained more about their treatment at the hands of businesses last year than any other on record, according to a long-running consumer survey.

Consumer goods giant Unilever is preparing to cut thousands of management jobs across the business in a "major initiative" due to be announced within days.

The FTSE 100 has seen £53bn wiped off its value amid a global markets sell-off as tensions between Russia and Ukraine add to a cocktail of investor worries.

Nord Stream 2 is a new gas pipeline which runs from Russia to Europe - but concerns about energy supplies are escalating amid Russian tensions with Ukraine.

Analysts have warned of the risk of electricity blackouts in Europe if average temperatures fall.

COVID tests for fully vaccinated travellers arriving in England are being scrapped from 4am on 11 February, Grant Shapps has confirmed.

A minister has resigned at the despatch box after criticising the government's record on tackling fraud in the coronavirus business schemes.

Business output took a hit this month from rising prices and restrictions to curb the spread of the Omicron COVID variant, according to a closely watched survey.

The bosses of some of Britain's biggest companies have been invited to advise Boris Johnson amid suggestions that some executives are taking a more cautious approach to an affiliation with the embattled prime minister.

Banknote printer De La Rue says a pronounced leap in "COVID headwinds" in recent months has knocked its profit expectations and warned of further efficiencies and cost reductions ahead.