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The French-owned utility EDF Energy is in talks to acquire smaller rival So Energy in a deal that would underline the renewed wave of consolidation taking place in the domestic gas and electricity supply market.

This week, two drivers asked for help with two very similar disputes against a forecourt firm. It had tried to fine them after petrol stations failed to take their payments...

Castore, the sportswear manufacturer backed by Sir Andy Murray, is exploring a sale after receiving takeover approaches from a string of industry rivals.

A non-profit legal group has threatened to sue HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for allegedly allowing Israeli settlement trade to enter the UK tariff-free.

A privately owned real estate group is in talks to buy scores of NCP car parks months after the historic operator collapsed into administration.

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Molten Ventures, the London-listed investor in early-stage technology companies, has joined the race to manage a £1bn government-backed fund focused on Britain’s most promising scale-ups.

The UK is in a "deeply uncomfortable" fiscal position ahead of next month's budget, experts have warned, after government borrowing costs soared to a near 30-year high amid growing pressure on global bond yields.

Three directors of a tree-planting company have been jailed after running a £70m investment scam that duped thousands of people, including many pensioners, out of their savings.

An auction of Very Group, one of Britain's biggest online retailers, is close to being scrapped after potential bidders including the Chinese behemoth JD.com refused to meet the £2bn asking price.