A Spanish hotel chain is to cease all operations in Cuba at the end of the week due to “major difficulties” in doing business on the island under growing pressure from Washington.
Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk said on Tuesday it is suing arch US rival Eli Lilly over “false and materially misleading” adverts for its competing weight-loss and anti-diabetes treatments.
The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) has appointed Boris Kisselevsky, currently Head of the ECB Representative Office in the House of the Euro in Brussels, as Director General Secretariat. Mr Kisselevs…
Such technology solves problem of longer, thinner, energy-saving wings not fitting in airports around the world
To fill this gap it borrows money, but that has to be paid back - with interest.
Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says it works to lower co…
The group of investors pursuing a rescue bid for Thames Water have offered the government a “golden share” in a last-ditch attempt to convince Andy Burnham not to nationalise Britain’s biggest water company.
According to the July 2026 bank lending survey (BLS), euro area banks reported a moderate net tightening of credit standards – banks’ internal guidelines or loan approval criteria – for loans or credit lines to enterpri…
Electricity bills will be reduced by an average of £45 from October, after Andy Burnham announced the government would remove VAT from them.
British flying taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has said the UK government has expressed interest in buying a military variant of its aircraft as it races to gain approval for flights with paying passengers.
The UK government borrowed slightly less than expected in June, according to official figures published as new prime minister Andy Burnham began setting out measures to cut living costs for households.
Employers cut the number of job vacancies in May, according to official figures that highlight the UK’s “fragile” economic outlook amid the conflict in the Middle East.
Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’
Turmoil likely as Trump officials say Canada unfairly discriminated against US autos, alcohol and dairy products
Burnham’s team were clear they want an experienced figure to deliver his vision for UK economy - combining fiscal responsibility with focus on re-industrialisation, devolution, cost of living crisis and driving growth.
A federal judge on Monday ordered Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to halt their $81bn merger for at least two weeks, allowing states that are challenging the deal more time to see their case through in court.
European gas prices have hit a four-month high as the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East raises fears of supply shortages this winter.
Bus drivers in the West Midlands have spoken out about the “horrendous” working conditions they have experienced during heatwaves, which led to 40C temperatures in their cabs.
Diana Sach once employed more than 30 people and catered for hundreds more every day from her Latin American restaurant and delicatessen, famous for its Peruvian empanadas, in south London’s Elephant and Castle district.
Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, and the UK government have invested in a £2bn British artificial intelligence startup that is aiming to become the “search engine for rare materials” that accelerates the next wave of techn…
AliExpress, the Chinese online retail platform, has been fined a record €550m (£470m) by the EU over its failure to stop illegal goods including harmful clothing, cosmetics and kitchen gadgets being sold through its sit…
Airline says it has been in touch with family of man nearly sucked out mid-flight and reports strong summer bookings after profits slump
In the most recent round of the Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE), covering the second quarter of 2026, euro area firms reported a strong net increase in interest rates on bank loans (net 42%, compar…
Retired civil servants have been failed by the decision to outsource their pension scheme, the government has admitted, and the maladministration meant some were left waiting up to a year for payments.
