More than half of private sector firms are planning price hikes to help offset looming tax increases announced in the chancellor's first budget , according to a corporate lobby group.

A television network majority-owned by David Montgomery, the media entrepreneur, is to snap up the licence to operate a London-focused TV station from Lord Lebedev, owner of the capital's weekly Standard newspaper.

Outside it is the bleak midwinter. We are smack bang in the middle of some of the country's best agricultural land.

The owners of Shawbrook Group, the mid-sized British lender, are drawing up plans to kickstart London's moribund listings arena with a stock market flotation, valuing it at more than £2bn.

Donald Trump has said the UK is making "a very big mistake" in its fossil fuel policy - and should "get rid of windmills".

Tide, the business banking services platform, has hired advisers to orchestrate a fresh share sale as it pursues rapid growth in the UK and overseas.

An outsourcing group backed by Lord Hammond, the former chancellor of the exchequer, is among the suitors circling Telent, a major provider of digital infrastructure services.

Dating apps changed single life forever when they brought swiping, liking and ghosting to the masses.

The typical household could see major bills rise by almost £270 by April, Sky News analysis suggests.

The cap on bus fares has risen to £3 in much of England today as new government policy took effect.

The Post Office is proposing a big hike in the fees that banks pay to allow their customers to access its network as it attempts to secure additional funding to boost postmasters' pay.

Parents who send their children to private schools could face higher fees from today as the government's flagship VAT policy comes into force.

UK business goes into the new year in a surly mood.

A committee of MPs has called for the government to be fined if it fails to provide redress quickly enough to victims of the Horizon software scandal, as its report said the Post Office has spent at least £136m on legal fees.

As energy bills become more expensive from today, respected forecasters have said they are likely to rise further in spring instead of fall, as first anticipated.

The consortium which is in the process of buying Hargreaves Lansdown, the funds supermarket, for more than £5bn is lining up a prominent former gambling executive as its new chairman.

What a year 2024 was.

The operator of nearly 150 Pizza Hut restaurants in the UK is in advanced talks with potential buyers as it races to wrap up a deal to secure its future.

Almost 170,000 retail workers lost their jobs this year after the collapse of major high street chains, according to data.

Manchester United Football Club is to cut the funding it provides to its charitable arm as part of a purge of costs being overseen by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, its newest billionaire shareholder.