Author: Nathan Bissitt

Web giants are breathing a sigh of relief following a vote against overhauling the EU’s copyright law by MEPs. Google, Facebook and other tech firms would have been forced to share more of their revenues with publishers and artists had the copyright directive

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Harry Kane and his Three Lions teammates would deliver an “unadulterated” boost to the UK economy if they go on to win the World Cup, the governor of the Bank of England has said. Mark Carney, speaking at a Northern Powerhouse business summit in Newcastle,

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It’s the mother of all food fights. Ambrosia custard, Bisto gravy, Mr Kipling cakes and Sharwood’s mango chutney are all found in millions of British kitchen cupboards – and the company that owns them is at the centre of a furious shareholder row

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WPP Group has been working on a takeover of the digital agency MediaMonks since last November, according to lawyers for the FTSE-100 company who claim that a rival bid led by Sir Martin Sorrell is “unlawful”. Sky News has learnt that WPP has told its

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UK plants and at least 40,000 jobs are at risk if the country leaves the European Union without a free trade deal, Britain’s biggest carmaker has warned. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has told the government that, while its “heart and soul” are in the UK,

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WPP Group is threatening to strip its former chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell of share awards worth potentially tens of millions of pounds over his new venture’s €300m (£265m) bid to launch a rival multinational network. Sky News can exclusively reveal that

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Collapsed Calvetron Brands, the womenswear group behind Jacques Vert, will now close its remaining concessions leading to the loss of around 1,000 UK jobs. Administrators Duffy & Phelps announced that the company will wind-down after it failed to find a buyer.

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Theresa May has hinted Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) could be stripped of its franchise if services provided by the beleaguered firm do not improve. The prime minister told the Commons that recent rail chaos sparked by the introduction of new timetables in May has

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Chinese tycoon Wang Jian has died after falling from a wall while on a sightseeing trip in France. The 57-year old, credited with driving a massive expansion as co-chair of investment firm HNA Group, fell almost 10 metres (32 feet) after climbing onto a parapet in

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The high street billionaire Philip Day is drawing up plans to extend his empire into the garden centre business by tabling a takeover bid for Wyevale, the UK’s biggest operator. Sky News has learnt that Edinburgh‎ Woollen Mill Group (EWM) has lodged an offer for

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