Business

Major UK banks have seen their share prices fall after reports the chancellor is set to raise tax on lenders in the budget.

An investment vehicle set up by Britain's banks in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis is close to striking one of its most unusual deals to date by buying a stake in a supplier of reptile food and associated products.

The owners of ailing Poundland are parachuting in a trio of restructuring experts to its board ahead of a sale or filing for administration which is expected within days.

The culture secretary has warned she is "minded" to intervene in Sky's £1.6bn deal to buy ITV's broadcast and streaming operations.

The government is to publish the long-delayed results of probes into Abu Dhabi's failed attempt to buy The Daily Telegraph - a move which risks stoking tensions with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid a row over Andy Burnham's links to the owners of Manchester City.

The UK economy has grown, confounding predictions it would shrink, official figures show.

The UK's leading hospitality businesses have committed to hiring 100,000 young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), it has been announced.

Britain's biggest bookmakers are stepping up their efforts to avert a budget tax bombshell in a last-ditch letter warning that half of the betting shops in the prime minister's constituency would be at risk from a further raid.

OpenAI and Anthropic have promised to take down their AIs if the British secret services show them they are unsafe - activating what some describe as a "kill switch".

Donald Trump says that preparations are underway to launch a "massive" oil, gas ‌and mineral exploration in Greenland.