Author: Nathan Bissitt

Black Friday failed to deliver a much-needed uplift for the high street last month as non-food retailers such as fashion stores struggled, new figures show. Monthly data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG showed like-for-like sales across the sector

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The battle over the future of the London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) chairman will reach a potentially decisive moment on Tuesday when an influential agency issues its voting recommendation to investors. Sky News understands that Institutional Shareholder

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The future of Britain’s biggest private care home operator is hanging in the balance. Four Seasons, which cares for 17,000 elderly and vulnerable residents in 343 care homes across the country, faces having to make an interest payment on Friday next week to

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MPs have called for a competition probe into the merger between two of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers saying it risked resulting in less competition and a bad deal for consumers. The tie-up, agreed last month, will see the household supply businesses operated

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Pizza Hut has taken the unusual step of apologising for a free pizza offer before it even appeared in print following a backlash on social media. The fast food franchise used its delivery account on Twitter to say sorry “for any offence caused” by its

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The chairman of Carillion, the crisis-hit construction and outsourcing group, is being lined up for a new role in the boardroom of Survitec, a British-based manufacturer of survival equipment. Sky News has learnt that Philip Green, the former boss of United Utilities,

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A crackdown on cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin aims to bring in regulations to combat crime including tax evasion, terrorism and money laundering. The Treasury announced the drive as work began across the EU to bring transparency to virtual currency exchanges.

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A supermarket chain has become the first big retailer to sell food that is past its “best before” date to cut down on food waste. From now on, shoppers at the Co-op’s 125 East of England stores will be able to buy a range of tinned goods such as

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