Author: Nathan Bissitt

The UK’s FTSE 100 was down more than half a percent as shares eased gently into 2018’s first day of trading. The index shed 0.52% – just over 39 points – to finish on 7648, a sluggish performance after its record close of 7687 during the final

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Ryanair is seeking a licence from British regulators to safeguard against a hard Brexit amid little apparent progress on a new aviation deal between the UK and Europe. Sky News has learnt that Ryanair tabled an application to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) shortly

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Richard Cousins was the sort of man who liked the companies he ran to do his talking. He never did TV interviews and when he did speak to newspapers, it was always about the business and (apart from the occasional reference to his passion for cricket) never about him.

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Britain’s biggest provider of infrastructure to the electric vehicle market is plotting a £170m bid to charge on to the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Sky News has learnt that Chargemaster, which was founded a decade ago and claims to have a 50% share of the

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Marks & Spencer (M&S) has completed the sale of its store network in Hong Kong and Macau to its largest franchise partner. Dubai-based Al Futtaim becomes the sole franchisee for the FTSE 100 retailer in the Chinese territories under the deal. It will leave the

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Compass says Dominic Blakemore has taken charge at the world’s largest contract catering firm, following the tragic death of chief executive Richard Cousins. Mr Blakemore had been due to succeed Mr Cousins following his planned retirement in March but the FTSE

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