Author: Nathan Bissitt

McVitie’s is shrinking the size of a packet of Digestives because of price increases caused by the Brexit drop in the pound, it claims. The company said the value of sterling has made ingredients more expensive and it did not want to damage the quality of the

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Carpetright has become the latest UK retailer to issue a post-Christmas profit warning, its second in as many months, blaming a “sharp deterioration” in trade. Shares in the specialist carpet and floor coverings retailer slumped 48% on opening – an

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HSBC has agreed to pay $101.5m (£73m) to settle a US criminal investigation into the rigging of currency transactions. The case, brought against the UK-based bank by the Department of Justice in New York, centred on the activities of traders accused of using

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The pension trustee who oversaw negotiations with Sir Philip Green over BHS’s retirement scheme deficit was parachuted in to advise on the crisis at Carillion days before the construction group collapsed. Sky News has learnt that Independent Trustee Services

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Emmanuel Macron has warned Theresa May the UK will have to pay into the EU’s coffers in order to secure a Brexit trade deal on financial services. Speaking alongside the Prime Minister during his first visit to Britain since being elected, the French President

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Drinks firm Evian has announced all its bottles will be made of 100% recycled plastic by 2025. The company says it plans to become what it calls a “circular brand”, with all the plastic it uses being “kept within the economy and out of nature”.

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Ministers have set up a task force involving businesses and trade unions to support companies and workers affected by the collapse of Carillion. The construction and outsourcing giant, employing 43,000 people including 20,000 in Britain and engaged in a variety of

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Though the opponents might change, the story of the video game industry has been largely defined by the battle for supremacy between the latest consoles. In the 1990s it was all about Sonic v Mario. Today, the Xbox One X brands itself as “the world’s most

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It seems to be quite the season for major companies to contemplate breaking themselves up. On Tuesday, General Electric, one of America’s biggest and longest-established conglomerates, said it was considering a split. On Wednesday, Rolls-Royce, the aircraft

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Airbus’s A380 superjumbo has been handed a lifeline after it said an order for up to 36 aircraft – potentially worth as much as $16bn – had been placed by carrier Emirates. It comes days after the European aircraft maker said it would have no choice but to close

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