Author: Nathan Bissitt

Chief executives who succeed in fighting off unwanted takeover bids are always haunted for years as the share price of their company consistently fails to reach the level offered by the bidder they repelled. Sir Stuart Rose, for example, was forever being asked why he

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The EU Commission has downgraded its expectations for UK economic growth – predicting Britain will fall behind its eurozone neighbours in 2019. The EU’s executive arm said it had pencilled in a 1.1% increase in gross domestic product for the country in the

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The CBI and its counterparts from Europe’s largest economies will next week urge Theresa May to fight for an immediate Brexit transition deal in the latest wave of lobbying from the continent’s top business groups. Sky News has learnt that the leading

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A closely-watched report on activity in the housing market is painting a “subdued” picture, with sales flat or falling across most of the country. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said only Scotland, Wales and the north east of England

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Burberry is to close stores and stop its products being sold in areas it feels are not luxurious enough, as part of a drive to take its brand even further upmarket. The change of direction was announced just a week after the news that its top designer Christopher

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Sainsbury’s has reported a 9% dip in half-year profits to £251m despite a 17% rise in group sales. The group said losses at Argos, which it bought last year and has been integrating into its supermarket offering, higher wages and investment in price at its

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