Business

Chancellor John Healey has unveiled the long-anticipated budget, the first for Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

A former City minister has raised millions of pounds in funding for an AI-driven start-up which will target the vast global insurance broking market.

The directors recruited to steer Poundland through its emergency sale process less than two weeks ago are on the brink of resigning, heightening the risk that one of Britain's biggest discount retailers will collapse within days, risking thousands of job losses.

Virgin Atlantic Airways has reacted furiously after Heathrow Airport decided to force its joint venture partner to relocate to another terminal - a move it warned would risk driving fares up for passengers.

Another of the UK's biggest banks has posted billions in profits in part thanks to higher interest rates.

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude chatbot, has filed papers to sell shares to the public for the first time.

Microsoft is offering voluntary severance packages to 60,000 of its staff - more than a quarter of its workforce - including some in the UK.

The owner of Curzon Cinemas is exploring a sale of the business following a number of unsolicited bid approaches.

Andy Burnham says that an "honest discussion" is needed about readopting the EU's free movement rules.