A pack of bidders are circling Access Self Storage, a privately held network of sites which has been put up for sale for more than £1bn.

Trouva, an online marketplace for fashion boutiques, is calling a halt to trading while it explores its fourth sale in less than three years.

Every Thursday, our Money blog team interviews chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks and more. This week, we chat to Phil Kearsey, executive chef at the London-institution and Michelin-starred Pied à Terre.

Policy Expert, the home, motor and pet insurer to 1.5m UK customers, is to underscore its growth ambitions by naming the former Aviva chief Mark Wilson as its new chairman.

India's richest family has clinched a landmark deal to buy a 49% stake in the Oval Invincibles in a deal that will unite the London-based team with the ownership of the Indian Premier League's Mumbai Indians.

The communications regulator has proposed cutting letter deliveries with second-class post arriving every second day and no longer on Saturdays.

Plans to develop the UK's largest untapped oilfield have been frustrated in a major climate court case.

Marshmallow, the British insurance unicorn, is close to finalising a new capital injection valuing it at more than £1.5bn, despite the difficult funding environment facing many technology companies.

A small number of Coca-Cola, Sprite and Appletiser cans in the UK have been recalled.

Retailers have suffered unprecedented annual levels of shoplifting losses and incidents of violence and abuse against staff, according to industry data, although one major chain has told Sky News there are now signs of a fightback.

The average annual water bill will rise by 26% or £123 in the next financial year alone, according to industry figures covering England and Wales.

Shares in Microsoft have fallen sharply after investment spending came in higher than expected in its latest results, released just days after the DeepSeek market shock for tech stocks.

The chief executive of Europe's largest airline has put customers on notice it will prosecute disruptive passengers as between two and three flights a week are diverted due to poor behaviour on Ryanair flights.

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Rarely has a speech been so heavily trailed in the media, with so many of the details - from the third runway at Heathrow to the revived Oxford-Cambridge corridor and the nine new reservoirs across the country - pre-briefed and leaked to the press in advance.

Saga, the financial services and travel provider to the over-50s, is tapping one of the world's biggest investment firms as part of a refinancing aimed at relieving pressure on its balance sheet.

Lidl has been given approval by a High Court to open its first ever pub in Northern Ireland.

Lloyds Banking Group is to close a further 136 branches.

The government supports a third runway at Heathrow, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced.

Donald Trump is aggressively pushing forward with plans to shrink the US government by offering eight months' pay to federal employees who quit their jobs.