Business

The taxpayer is to help drive the switch to non-polluting vehicles through a new grant of up to £3,750, but some of the cheapest electric cars are to be excluded.

Crisis-hit Thames Water has reported a £1.65bn annual loss, rising debts, and warned that it will take "at least a decade" to turn around its fortunes if it swerves the threat of nationalisation.

The budget jeweller and fashion accessories chain Claire's has hired advisers to find a buyer for its British operations as it explores options – including bankruptcy – for its US-based business.

Are Rachel Reeves's fiscal rules quite as iron clad as she insists?

A major British housebuilder owned by the prominent investor Elliott Management has clinched a refinancing deal with its lenders amid growing financial pressure on the industry over cladding-related liabilities.

The Australian-listed share registrar Computershare is among a pack of suitors circling PrimaryBid, one of the most prominent British fintech businesses to be established during the last decade.

The owner of Brentford Football Club has clinched a deal to sell a minority stake in the Premier League side to new investors at a valuation of roughly £400m.

Talk to economists and they will tell you that the cost of living crisis is over.

A leading financier and Conservative Party donor is among the contenders vying to chair Channel 4, the state-owned broadcaster.

Efforts to turn around the crisis-hit Post Office have been given a £118m funding boost as the government continues to consider a new ownership structure.