Bussiness

Royal Mail remains based in UK in deal to bolster…

Posted by December 16, 2024

Business Secretary reaches agreement with Royal Mail’s prospective new owners after in latest example of government working hand in hand with private

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UK businesses risk disruption as PSTN switch-off approaches | Computer…

Posted by December 16, 2024

Critical systems such as payment processing, CCTV, security devices and internet of things (IoT) solutions, as well as voice services, are at risk of disr

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Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky approved

Posted by December 16, 2024

The sale of Royal Mail to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has been approved by the government. Mr Kretinsky's company EP Group will buy the pos

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Jonathan Keane appointed as UK strategy and consulting head for…

Posted by December 16, 2024

Accenture has appointed Jonathan Keane as the head of its strategy and consulting business across the UK, Irelan

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UK to compensate developers if £8bn gas plant project is…

Posted by December 16, 2024

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the UK energy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.The UK government has agreed to compensate develo

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Voters broadly accept Reeves’s £40bn of tax rises, research shows

Posted by December 16, 2024

Voters have broadly accepted that the £40bn in tax rises in Rachel Reeves’s first budget are “necessary” to improve public services, despite the majority

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India, UK business booms on hopes of a big deal…

Posted by December 16, 2024

Business between the UK and India has boomed this year as firms in both countries anticipate their governments will be able to seal a free trade agreement, HSBC

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In from the cold: Scandi wines hope to win over…

Posted by December 16, 2024

Commercial vineyards in Denmark and Sweden have only been allowed under European Union rules since 2000. Winemaking picked up around 2010, seeing a shift from a

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Canal+ listing is ‘vote of confidence’ in UK stock market,…

Posted by December 15, 2024

Canal+, the international pay-TV company and owner of the studio behind the Paddington film franchise, is to make its multibillion-pound stock market debut in L

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Grant Thornton partners back stake sale to buyout firm Cinven

Posted by December 15, 2024

UK-based partners at Grant Thornton, the accountancy firm, have voted to back the sale of a majority stake to Cinven, the private equity firm.Sky

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£2 billion boost to growth as UK joins major trade…

Posted by December 15, 2024

UK today becomes first European nation to accede to CPTPP, a major trade bloc in the Indo-Pacific which includes countries like Japan, Vietnam, Peru, C

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Brexit reset: five business leaders on how they’d like relations…

Posted by December 14, 2024

Earlier this week, the UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said she was hoping talks in the new year could lead to an extensive “reset” of post-Brexit relations.T

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